Do you think that this website maintains your condition??

[DeMarco]

This web site provides you with tips, testimonials, links, encouragement, etc...... but i don't know. I feel that if I'm on this site its because i'm not doing the effort to go out. Mehhh.........

 

[Felgen]

Some posts from some of the older users here have actually shown me that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

 

[awkwardamanda]

Well if I'm not here then I'm somewhere else on the internet or I'm playing The Sims or something. I don't think this site has added to the time I spend on my computer. It's nice to have the support and not feel alone. Otherwise, I'd just bum around anyway. I don't have much in the way of hobbies. The computer is my fun, so whatever.

 

[Masychefx2]

i spend hours doing internet anyways it just somewhere to chat with other SA sufferers

 

[seafolly]

No, I certainly wouldn't consider this website a factor in an lack of progress I'm making. Sometimes I read posts and think, "Wow. So it can get worse." I mean my situation is not good, but there are some things I CAN do and that does bring some comfort. I can talk on the phone, I can go to parties (even if I don't fully enjoy them all the time), and I can maintain friendships with those who have no idea what agoraphobia/generalized anxiety is all about other than the little I reveal. For me, being immersed in normalcy is very helpful because I push myself to keep pace. However, it's very nice to have a place to turn to when you're feeling misunderstood.

 

[TRRobin]

I would say the entire internet doesn't help us shy people get out of ourselves, and I do agree that if you talk about, and concentrate on "problems" your only thinking about them more.

Your brain is like a sponge. It absorbs whatever it is given.
Feed it only what it wants...
You can exploit this by using subliminal messages to feed yourself positive feedbacks.

This is why I have like 17 posts, yet I joined in 2007 lol...
I come back once in a while to try to calm some of the youngens.