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

Oh this episode was so so so painfully good. I generally love this podcast, and especially episodes centered around depression/anxiety or emotional neglect. And it can be wearing to always only be hearing the perspectives of cis or trans-masc folk, like our stories share commonalities but it feels i...

Rivergirl I'm sorry you are having a rough time and in so much pain. I really feel for your frustration when you think you're making progress with depression, and then it comes back at you. I really empathize for how terrible that feeling is. Especially that it seems you've had so much come at you s...

Cami - Yes I am in therapy for depression, and anxiety as well. And I'm working on getting back onto medication as well, with these cognitive issues being a bit of a wake-up call for really needing it I think. HowDidIGetHere - Thats really interesting about the Chantix, I was also on it briefly at t...

Thank you all for the kind replies, and along with the forgetting topic, I forget this kind of support is actually out there. I guess this forgetfulness is distressing because I just thought I was better than this. Like I'm used to my cognitive brain slowing and misfiring the more depressed I guess,...

My memory is garbage, and the constant sadness in my head makes it so hard to think, and I've taken up writing down appointments. Im trying to get better and more functional, and I'm still just messing up. Was going to see a nurse practitioner this morning to restart medication, and I wrote down the...

Hi everyone, here I am joining this forum. I recently started listening to the podcast and they're great, and making confront a lot of things. Its been incredible listening to other peoples stories and connect pieces to my life and just and sit back and realize how much I need to really deal with my...