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

Hi Everyone! I've been listening to the podcast for a while and finally decided to take the plunge into the forum. Ok so am I the only one that looks at the posts and gets sad when people get zero replies? I feel like I want to click on all of them and just say "hey hang in there, you're not alone" on every single post! Hope I don't offend anyone, I have a very dark sense of humor. Then again, you probably wouldn't like the podcast if you didn't also!

Hi Huge Tracts of Land (awesome handle, BTW. That movie makes me so happy!)

You're definitely not alone in feeling that way re: the 0 reply thing. I also have the flip side of that, where I notice how many encouraging posts a single user has posted and I'm like, "wow, I need to engage more." So, yay! Connection! Engagement! Darkness and lovable weirdos! (I use "weirdo" as a term of endearment, I identify as 100% weirdo.)

I see by your signature that we might have some crossover issues - my mother is deceased, and never had a solid diagnosis, but I'm fairly certain she was cluster B/BPD. I'm totally available to trade stories if you'd like!

all the very best,
Verne

Hi Verne!

Thanks for the warm welcome! Yeah the Holy Grail is one of those movies that gets better every time you watch it. So should I offer condolences or congratulations that your mom has ceased to be? (see what I did there? )

Love your name. Do some call you....Tim?
This is my first forum post.