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

Thanks everyone for the replies. I have had suggestions for trying toastmasters before but I am pretty unsure about it. Not sure if it’s really my thing or not. The thing is, I feel like I used to have a much richer social life, but lately it’s just been a much more solitary existence which in itsel...

Hey everyone, it's been quite a while since I've been on here but lately I've been really trying to reach back out to resources as best I can again. So lately I have really noticed a significant uptick in what I guess I can only describe as some kind of social anxiety. It gets to the point now where...

Hey U.C., definitely can relate to trying to give the "why" of things a break. It's tough, I think naturally I've always wanted an answer, maybe thinking that it would provide some level of reassurance, or speed things up. In the past few months I've made some steps in identifying some of ...

Yeah I've definitely wondered if it is the meds. I've had some experience with a couple like abilify that absolutely felt like it was slowing me down. I've been trying to go a little easier on myself personally, trying to recognize that the past nine months since the start of this serious depressive...

Thanks snoringdog! I will definitely check into it with my doctor.

Hi everyone, so about a year ago I fell into a really awful bout of depression, went through months of trying different medications, seeing a therapist, trying really hard to just stay afloat. More recently, after a short hospital visit, I went to a treatment program a few states over. I started a n...

Hello everyone, I'm Ben. I've been listening on and off to Paul's podcast for about a year now and have been struggling with anxiety and depression since I was probably 12 or 13. First time trying a forum community but lately I've been working a lot harder on my mental health after spending a month ...