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

Hi I'm 16 and suffer from acute anxiety, agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, chronic suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, dissociation and paranoia. When I dissociate I get visual and auditory hallucinations. I have been hospitalized twice this year for mental health reasons. I also suffer from allot of self hatred, wanting to burn myself alive.
I'm not sure what else to say about myself I'm 5' tall and gay. I'm a girl but am always mistaken for a guy.
I've been listening to the Mental Illness Happy hour for about a year and have been wanting to join the forum as soon as I heard about it. I'm not really sure what I'm meant to say here so hi...

Hi! Nice to meet you. You're amazing to have dealt with all of that at 16. I hope that doesn't sound condescending, but I think you must have real strength. Thank you for posting a little bit of your story.