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

Lots of connections to you here. I wept through your post I feel honoured but that was not my intention! We talked, drunk copious amounts of hot drinks while she talked. I am so envious. My wife has these kinds of friends and she'll return home saying "They kicked us out of the bar, or we'd sti...

I'd like to take a moment to reassess my online presence. I thought it more appropriate to share some thoughts about health in my "own" thread instead of replying in other ones. I'm sorry if I haven't been replying as much as I've used to in the others' threads. Yesterday I was looking at ...

Manuel, I sense your pain and I can probably understand it more because I am also in a weak position in my own relationship. I have often suggested micro-rebellions and micro-fixing to combat the feeling of lack of agency and boost self-esteem, and it works quite well for me. Sorry for not being mor...

Now in a state of permanent insomnia. Routine goes as follows: I'll go to bed at 11 PM and fall asleep right away, then wake up at 3 AM, toss and turn for three hours until I decide to take a Xanax. Then I wake up at 8 and try to stay awake. After lunch I'll crash on the sofa for two hours, which is...

A lot of people here go to Thailand, then we end up cleaning up the mess a year later. Thanks for the heads up, MF. It seems I'm caught between a rock and a hard place then. I guess there's always time for doing this and maybe the procedure will become more common in the future and therefore cheape...

Mental Fairy wrote: ↑May 7th, 2024, 11:10 pm seeing that guy set himself on fire

That was horrifying for sure. The world is so full of senseless cruelty and suffering. I need a friend to get piss drunk with sometimes, just to be able to laugh and have fun without thinking of the dark shadows.

After seeing yet another video posted online of children having been bombed to bits in Gaza, I now feel very conflicted about writing about my own little problems. I had thought myself to be desensitised by now: it's out of my hands, it's so far away, they are different cultures, I don't understand ...

Yes Oak, we are all hoping Mental Fairy makes a speedy recovery. I am always waiting for news from her, as if she were part of my inner family circle now over there in the antipodes. So glad you are feeling better now, and I'd like to comment on some of what you say, either because I coincide or bec...

Spain seems to be less expensive than some, and more expensive than other countries in Europe. Men here go to Turkey to have hair transplants but I haven't heard about dentures. Swedish people go to Poland to have root canals. In general, Eastern Europe is cheaper overall.

I don’t even know what you look like It really isn't important for this story since they were talking about the looks of the younger woman, not me. I like not sharing pics of myself here, it feels like wearing a mask at a ball...also, privacy is becoming an issue because of the thoughts I'm sharing...