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

Weird by Default, I'm so so sorry that happened to you! That is extremely disturbing behavior by your dad and I think he sounds like a man who needs help. You were violated by a person who you love and that is such a terrible experience. I hope you aren't blaming yourself in any way and I hope you h...

I have also experienced this, although technically it's with my stepmom, not my biological mom. I'm in healthcare and she frequently tries to solicit information from me under the guise of requesting clinical information. In actuality, it seems that she just wants to describe extremely personal info...

Thanks so much, Heather and SD! I read the article SD linked and took a look at the podcasts too. I've been listening to the Narcissist Apocalypse and I have to say, it is so wonderful. Similar to MIHH, it is people telling their stories of being in relationships with narcs and it makes me feel less...

My dad and stepmom have always been a little different and as I've gotten older, they've become more and more isolated, and our family dysfunction has only intensified. My dad is very codependent and has enabled her bad, and at times intolerable, behaviors. They moved out of state when my sister and...

God, can I relate to this

I've had a troubling feeling with the last two people I started to date (one was a man and one was a woman). With both of them, I felt that oral sex would be disgusting and I couldn't imagine putting myself in that position, so I broke it off with both of them before sex was even on the table. I hav...

I self diagnosed as avoidant and my therapist wasn't convinced at first, but after seeing her for about a year, she agreed. I'm caught in this purgatory between wanting desperately to be in a healthy relationship and being too avoidant to get past the first couple dates. I have had a couple longer t...