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

I just started listening to the podcast - I think I had seen it recommended by someone in the comments on Shakesville.

I've been burning through episodes, and the show has really been speaking to me. I just finished my dissertation (still needs to be submitted to the graduate school but.... Mostly done.) I feel like I should be happy or at least relieved but I'm not. Instead I see no happy future ahead of me, just more of the same depression and loneliness. The podcast has made me realize that this is not sustainable, and has motivated me to take some action to get back into therapy.

I'm looking forward to being a part of this community ^_^

Welcome to the forum.
Congrats on finishing your dissertation and congrats on realizing you need help with your depression and loneliness. Good luck to you on your journey.

Finishing school is scary - because then you need to prove to yourself it was worth it by finding "meaningful work" then you realize that just about every songle job out there is corporate la-dee-dah nonsense and the meaning is lost - it sucks - however there is a way to find a happy niche to work in - maybe that will mean eventually creating your own foundation or project that you can live off of and help others or that you find great meaning in and enjoy -

I know that my life did not at all follow the path I saw for myself - that is where a lot of my issues come from - I feel ike I have been totally derailed from my true self - does that motivate me to be better - internally yes - externally - no I lack action - I sit and think and propose but have no follow through - I suck at follow through - I wish I was better at it - I have no idea how to be better at it

Therapy is awesome! I love my therapist - It is a big crutch, but I feel like I need more and I don't know exactly what that is...

Anyway, welcome!

I was totally self aggrandizing and I am sorry

Limbo is rough. Yay, you for submitting that dissertation.