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

That's wonderful news, Oak! High-five!

I'm in my 40's now. In my 20's and 30's I was an alcoholic. Since about age 38, I've calmed it down a lot, with stretches of teetotalling sobriety, but there were always moments that I thought I'd be able to come back to it and just have ONE. I don't need to tell anybody here that that's a lie the m...

Hi all, I don't have a firm diagnosis either, but all of the reading I've been doing lands me pretty firmly in Avoidant-land, I'd say. Very co-dependent/people pleasing, high functioning in my work, but I will bend myself into a pretzel to avoid conflict, or standing up for myself. My body literally...

Hiya BGG! Oooo, I went to a drop-in support group for the first time a couple of weeks ago. (Because I'm self employed, my work schedule is erratic, and consistency is something I really can't promise with group attendance, sadly.) It was definitely something I can see the benefit of, even though th...

Thanks for the replies, BrownBlob and Oak! I am scrolling through many a post on many a board, and may just throw my neck out from nodding a lot!

Hi there, I can't be the only person that is hibernating indoors, knitting, and downloading every unplayed episode onto my phone...oh man, it's kind of the best. Well - I'll introduce myself and my issues. Super dysfunctional upbringing, avoidant/judgmental father, mother w/ undiagnosed issues of va...

Hi LeendertHasABox, I'm new here too, and your post hit home for me. I get all adrenalized all over again when I start trying to put my thoughts in order on a page - usually because they are racing so fast that my fingers can't keep up. But I guess that's part of the process of things? By writing it...