A wee hello to everyone

IrishMarty

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Came across this site about a year ago and I felt I needed to join as I do have many experiences that I can relate to other members of the group. I also wanted to talk to other people who suffer from SA and HH.

I was diagnosed with SA about 5 years ago, it was a complete shock to me. As up till then I was doing ok but everything went downhill... Had to leave university which I worked so hard to get into, my job and worse of all my personality completely changed from being outgoing, independent and cheerful to sheesh the opposite of what I said.

Was stubborn in recieving help, had the mentality of trying to fix things for myself which got me nowhere. Had counselling which help me to get the basic's out of life in being able to do things outside of the house, believe me took many trial and errors and still continuing to do so.

Was determined not to let SA get in the way of my life, always believed that you have to try as we owe it to ourselves, we have suffered enough not to try.

Managed to achieve my ambition of being a game developer but it took its toll on me due to being in new environments and meeting new people. Over time I got to get use to it and had great help from the new people I met, who are now my best friends.

All along I had that element of social phobia which was involved in a vicious circle with HH, only now I have been made aware of such a condition existed, I always blamed it on my anxiety. Felt so annoyed as the harder I tried to defeat SA I was never really going anywhere due to my mild HH.

Thats were I am now, having to pick myself up again to try and overcome my HH as well as my SA, which has brought back the old habits I had endured in the past.

Sorry for this long intro and yet I have many things to say which I will keep for another day.

Would love to hear from anyone, just want to be able to share life experiences good or bad with someone who knows what it is like to suffer from SA and HH.

Take care and thank you for taking time out to read on what I had to say.
 
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