Anyone fromToronto interested in a support/friendship group?

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Alexandra

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Hello everyone! My name is Alexandra, I'm from the Toronto area and I would like to know if anyone would be interested in forming an informal support/friendship group. I think I have a mild form of social phobia. I have been living in Toronto for a while and find it extremely hard to make friends, not sure if it's because of my social phobia/shyness or if it's just difficult in Toronto. I've tried to find a support group, the one I found is at a mental hospital, which might help but I wasn't too happy about the idea of having meetings at a mental hospital setting.
I'm 30 years old, would prefer to form a group for people in the 25-34 age range. This would be very informal, like meeting for a walk or at a coffee shop just to chat, or maybe it could be centered around an activity like a hobbie or maybe sports. We all know how lonely it gets when you don't have a social life and how hard it is to fit in with the rest so I thought that maybe we can try and socialize with people like us.

If anyone would be interested or if anyone would like to suggest anything else please let me know
My e-mail is [email protected]
 
mindfulgirl

mindfulgirl

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I would be interested too, if this is still something that is being looked into. I am terribly afraid of going to restaurants though. Any other suggestions? What areas of Toronto are you all in? I'm in East York.
 
7Up

7Up

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Hi mindfulgirl. Welcome to the forums. I live in North York. Do you have MSN? I suggest that we start chatting online and go from there.
 
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Colin

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Hi fellow Torontonians, if you guys have a meeting, please count me in too. If you haven't decided where to meet, most of downtown Toronto is accessible by subway or we could meet somewhere more north on Yonge perhaps.
 
radmilka

radmilka

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Hey, I would really like to meet up as well. I live in North York.
I am 19 years old, I hope that's okay. :?
 
heyplaygirl

heyplaygirl

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Okay, besides myself and the last poster, is anyone else still interested in a meet? I think we could all benefit from a support group.
 
Alluk

Alluk

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I don't really have a "Social Phobia, atleast not any more, but am still a bit anti social and would love to talk to some people from here. I'v emailed a few of you who have postedin this thred.
 
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ssmizznit

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This might be a shot in the dark but:

I'm writing a story for the Toronto Star about people who suffer rare phobias and the difficultities they face. I'm hoping someone might want to talk about their struggles, how they manage it, if they have anything to say to people -- young people in particular -- that are going through the same thing.

I'm writing about rare phobias because, beyond the mockery we sometimes see on television, the issues surrounding these types of problems are largely ignored by the media. Some people feel like they're completely alone when, in fact, there are many people in similar situations.

Let me know if you're interested.

Thanks!
 
scissorhands

scissorhands

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I'm interested ssmizznit!

I'll PM you my email address.

In relation to this thread, I'm also from Toronto. :)
 
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justme198234

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Is this still active? im a guy. I live in toronto. my msn is nick_nbm(at)hotmail(dot)com
 
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