I went to Vancouver to see the Olympics last fall, luckily crowds like that don't make me nervous until the friendly Canadians try to talk to me-- then I begin to cower. Were you there during the Games?
I've had it since adolescence, and I'm 41 now - but I didn't get analyzed until maybe 8 years back, so there's a lot of years back there wasted from not knowing what was wrong. Finally tackling it, so there's nothing but hope (except on the hopeless days :.