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

Hi Imissmysun, Thanks for your reply. I also went to school for performance. Trying to get out of it because I realized all of my performing is such a trigger. It should be happy and expressive and rewarding but its just another area for the mean voice to intrude upon. To unpack my issues around my ...

How do I tell someone that I used to be 150 pounds smaller? How do I tell someone that I used to have a six pack when my gut now hangs out so far people assume I'm pregnant. How do I let people know that I'm still that thin little girl trapped, quite literally, with a heavy load, that keeps getting ...

This rendered me speechless. so, so good.

The sound of little kids and dogs eating something crunchy. Six feet under. I know it sounds weird but I've seen the series 5 times and I feel as if they are my family and as if every character represents a side of me. Watching this show helped me realize that it was okay to talk about death and the...

Fargin, Right on. I'll never forget the moment when my therapist said, "So! You felt angry...whats wrong with feeling angry?" I was dumbfounded. At 28 I still believed I was not allowed negative emotions (thanks, narcissistic dad). I do a lot of meditation and I've become aware that so muc...

Hello friends, I just rediscovered Alanis Morisette's "Thank U" and I have to admit, when I first heard this song/saw the video I couldn't get it. I remember just being weirded out by her nakedness in the video. Fast forward almost two decades later (!) and I get it. I'm looking for more s...

beautiful

Fargin, I get that pie chart!! Well done!! How do you control your panic?

Thanks Andy, are you an artist of any sort?

Thanks, irispie!