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

Hello windchimes, My own mental health problems started around the age of sixteen. (I'm forty-six now.) Mostly depression but also anxiety in more recent years. I feel for you. So sorry to hear that you are in pain. Here are some podcast episodes that I have found to be helpful. Maybe they would be ...

I know what you mean about the pain. It hurts so much, so often. And I sometimes I can't even imagine, cannot foresee a time when things will be happy and i will feel joy. Sometimes it seems like that would be an imaginary world, one where life is just good. The most effective thing for me has been ...

Hi, ncj. My name is Nelson and I am new here, too. My one experience with hospitalization was many, many years ago when I was eighteen years old. It was scary because of course the unknown is always scary. I can basically say to you that if you choose hospitalization, you will get very intensive tre...