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

Posted: **January 9th, 2013, 5:42 pm**

Not trying to bum you out, but remember that this forum is not moderated by mental health professionals. If somebody posting here is actively suicidal, the most compassionate thing we can do is block them from the site, because there are much better resources out there than this little site.

But I don't want to get too melodramatic, because I have been suicidal too. It is a part of the world, and it is a part of mental illness.

If you feel like you are going to hurt yourself or others PLEASE call Suicide Prevention at 1-800-273-8255.

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Discussion of low and no cost therapy resources, even in usually under-served areas: Maria Bamford podcast, Episode 95, Jan 04 2013 at minute 6:00.

Google searches for low and no cost therapy resources, even in usually under-served areas: your town or county + one of these terms:

low cost counselling service
sliding scale counselling service
CMHC
community mental health
community service board office

From this MentalPod board - some places to get help for people with limited resources:

Here is a post and thread on Reddit about getting medication at low or no cost: Community Assistance Program, accepted at Target pharmacy and many other pharmacies

Posted: **January 9th, 2013, 5:54 pm**

If you are still there, and you are willing to call Suicide Prevention at 1-800-273-8255 if you feel suicidal, I can speak to your post...

NicCageCrazy wrote:Should everyone have to stay alive just because suicide is frowned upon? Is EVERY person worth having around?

The answers are No and No, BUT very difficult to make such a decision under the distorted mental processes of depression, and the decision to commit suicide is unlike any other decision, because it is a decision to never be able to make another decision again. Your post has the markers of the extreme negative judgments of a mind under the distortion of depression, I think.

I read your post, and I honor your pain. Nobody deserves a life of meaningless pain. Staying alive would mean a lot more pain. Staying alive would also be a prerequisite for discovering if you are capable of meaning and accomplishment and achievement and honest human relations. Many, including I, would say to stay alive.

I cannot claim to have gone through as much as you. I was at the cross-roads too. Only you can decide if my words mean anything.

Good luck, please take care. Below I have resources to find out about a cool-type-person, who I admire, Ronnie Schiller. All the best to you, is all I can wish for.

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The great Ronnie Schiller Johnson! Rough sketch of her life challenges and survival and human flourishing: Raped by step-father, with a massively unfair family justice outcome, and the triumph of an outstanding human being and author. Everything about her is awesome!

MentalPod episode 45
Ronnie's poignant memoir of her tragic youth: Mother's House Payment - a fantastic bargain on Kindle! Very well reviewed!
Ronnie's author website

Posted: **January 12th, 2013, 8:46 am**

Not trying to bum you out, but remember that this forum is not moderated by mental health professionals. If somebody posting here is actively suicidal, the most compassionate thing we can do is block them from the site, because there are much better resources out there than this little site.

But I don't want to get too melodramatic, because I have been suicidal too. It is a part of the world, and it is a part of mental illness.

If you feel like you are going to hurt yourself or others PLEASE call Suicide Prevention at 1-800-273-8255.

___.oOo.______.oOo.______.oOo.______.oOo.______.oOo.______.oOo.______.oOo.___

Discussion of low and no cost therapy resources, even in usually under-served areas: Maria Bamford podcast, Episode 95, Jan 04 2013 at minute 6:00.

Google searches for low and no cost therapy resources, even in usually under-served areas: your town or county + one of these terms:

low cost counselling service
sliding scale counselling service
CMHC
community mental health
community service board office
From this MentalPod board - some places to get help for people with limited resources:

Help for little or no money
Best Insurance Companies/Types for Mental Health Care
Links for More Mental Health Info/Suicide Hotlines
Here is a post and thread on Reddit about getting medication at low or no cost: Community Assistance Program, accepted at Target pharmacy and many other pharmacies

Please follow moe's advice

Posted: **January 13th, 2013, 12:10 am**

Listen to Moe. Really.

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