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

I'm in Brooklyn and I'd love to meet up. Dinner, drinks, whatever... Is anyone else interested?

Thank you so much. It helps just knowing you took the time to send me a message. Hopefully things start to get easier.

I feel tired, depressed, compulsive and hopeless. I'm a social worker but I got fired from my job yesterday because I have sleep issues that kept making me arrive late for work. I'm feeling really dysfunctional - my apartment is a mess, I have unpaid bills, I'm behind on rent and I can't seem to get...

Hey, thanks for responding. It's hard to say so far. I went to a support group last night but it didn't help as much as usual. I wanted to clean today but I just played on my phone. So I'm kind of feeling like I can't do much and the depression and anxiety are running things. Sigh... I know things w...

Wow - it's pretty hard not to try and sell myself here. People around me think more of me than I do so I tend to be too critical or I overcompensate. But here are some basics: I'm a 30 year old guy in Brooklyn. I'm bi(ish?) but I imagine myself meeting a woman. I'm a social worker, and I'm pretty go...

Meh, I'm in Brooklyn. I went through a bad divorce a few years ago (not that there's any other kind). I just got fired for depression and anxiety-related issues but I'm hoping to rebuild. I think it would be great to get in touch for some mutual support of you're still interested. Drop me a line if ...

I'm glad to be here because I have a pathological inability to ask for help in real life and it seems easier online. I got fired today because my depression, anxiety, and PTSD and OCD symptoms made it hard for me to sleep and caused me to be late for work repeatedly. Plus I'm behind on rent, I've go...

All I can say is you're far, far from alone - I'm also a wounded healer, and I know there are many more of us out there. But it's so hard for us to admit we're having problems. I'm glad we have this forum where we can drop the mask we wear for the rest of our lives. I feel the things that are causin...