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

"Cycles" They did this to me. Why? Because someone did it to them. Isn’t that the usual story? We go through these spiraling out cycles of abuse, neglect, mistreatment, and for what? Because nobody said stop. Because nobody said it was enough. My biggest fear is to turn out exactly like my...

I see your face and the pit in my stomach becomes an abyss filled with shit left behind from the geese that have taken over this rural, Midwest town. I used to see rainbows radiating from the white collars of the Hanes t-shirts you wore, but now all I see is the green of vomited up baby food and the...

My therapist just today confirmed that I have DD episodes. I was wondering what it feels like for other people. For me, it feels like I'm playing one of those first-person-shooter games, where I can see my hands and the things around me, but it's like I'm watching it through a screen.

Oh man, this hit me HARD. My mom was always about "using your words", but I was never able to speak up about her abusiveness towards me, my father's abusiveness, my inability to cope with social situations, etc. My therapist is helping me figure out ways to find my voice again. You are not...