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

Pink rabbits, I sent you an email right away! Thanks so much for looking up my forum post. I'm so happy you found me

Thank you for your reply, Smalltownanabull! I'm really sorry to hear about your struggles. I find addiction to food/starving yourself so incredibly hard to deal with since you can't just stop eating like someone with substance abuse can 'just' stop using. So I feel your pain, keep believing in yours...

That sounds terrible, remarks. I'm really sorry to hear that, that must have been such a burden on you as a child. I find that having a loving partner does help me with my self-worth issues in many ways, but there are still so many thought patterns in my mind that seem to act on their own. Like hear...

Hello everyone! Yesterday I finished reading 'Silently Seduced' by Kenneth Adams after hearing Paul recommending it all the time as a resource to learn more about covert incest. Reading the book made me realise that my father definitely suffered (and still does) from covert incest at least from one ...

Welcome, Louisa! Food issues have plagued me since I was in first grade or so. I feel like I will always see myself as a failure if I can't have a healthy-looking body. No matter what else I accomplish in this life, none of it will matter if I'm still greatly overweight. I know this is my brain scr...

I understand about thin walls and being self conscious - do you think you could ask your boyfriend to somehow schedule some private time if/when you find an online session? I imagine he'd be supportive, no? (People request privacy for phone calls all the time). Thank you for your message, snoringdo...

Hello Louisa! Welcome to our little forum! Make yourself at home in the threads and topics here. Found this on podcasts on Disordered Eating: https://www.emilyprogram.com/blog/our-favorite-recovery-podcasts/ The bad news is: COVID makes it really hard for me to find a support group. There is one ca...

Welcome! Yes, these are difficult times for all of us. It sounds like you are on the right track, and are doing everything right. One suggestion to consider: feel free to post in this forum, to the extent you feel comfortable about anything, including ED. A good place to start is "How I'm Feel...

Hi everyone, Paul recently read my survey on the podcast and he answered my question about how I could connect with other Austrian listeners by directing me to this forum. I didn't find many recent posts concerning the issues I'm dealing with (childhood sexual trauma, depression, disordered eating, ...