YOU ARE NOT ALONE - A companion online community discussion board for The Mental Illness Happy Hour podcast with Paul Gilmartin

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Today went okay. I deliberately didn’t do my best. It felt liberating (up to a point). I also seemed to do more and better when I didn’t fixate on best-doing. I enjoyed it more, even mundane stuff. Both my focus and my lettings go endured with less effort. I still felt incapable of intimacy but also...

Woke up late and disoriented. Not in a bad way; just not hyper-vigilant. As I was getting ready a thought started to form. ‘I do better when I’m not doing ‘do my best’’. So today I’m just going to do my next. That’s my new mantra: ‘do your next’. Do your very next. At least until midafternoon. :wave:

Woke up well after being completely wiped. Still struggling to recover from the intensive, prolonged study period. It has only been a week, so… There were a few early morning obstacles which I seemed to swerve awkwardly. There were no trumpets. I think it might be a good, languorous day. I will let ...

Woke up well. My sleep cycle is starting to approach normal after not being for awhile. I recovered well from the after-effects of yesterday. It was the first time I consciously made no effort to invisible-ise my hurt feelings. I think that’s the reason I feel okay this morning. Today will be good. ...

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Today kinda sucked. Someone I trusted didn’t choose their words so well and humiliated me quite deeply. I had to pretend to brush it off to maintain my own safety. It’s midafternoon and I feel a bit bruised. All I can do is keep remembering not to overreact and to need a lot less from that person fo...

Today went well. I was able to problem solve with a little more alacrity. A little less fear of everything :) I did an automated workflow that by my standards was elegant. I felt the universe turn around me for a moment. Someone praised me highly out of the blue. It was less uncomfortable than I wou...

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Woke up on a brand new day after deep sleep. Handed in my assignments yesterday. It’s the first time since April that I won’t be studying, which feels brutal. I feel alive in a dangerous world. I would like to do something today; something tricky and impressive. What exactly, is a mystery. It’s just...