hippiejane
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Has anyone been to a SA/SP group session ? I have been reading up on them and they kinda don't say much and I'm really wondering what they are about. Has anyone been to one so they can say what actaully happens ?
Group session ???
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Horatio
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I went to one... only one other person turned up though so it was kinda awkward. We sat down and the person running the group played a video tape on anxiety disorders made in the 1980s starring John Cleese, afterwards they asked if we had any questions and we both shook our heads and left in a hurry
redlady
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Was supposed to go to group therapy later this month - now have to wait until mid January. Gosh i was actually looking forward to it as well.
This group wont just consist of sa/sp sufferers - but everyone will generally be fucked in the head to some extent - at least we will have that in common.
This group wont just consist of sa/sp sufferers - but everyone will generally be fucked in the head to some extent - at least we will have that in common.
thereishope
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hey Too_Shy, go to this website and you'll find info on a "overcoming shyness and social anxiety" group therapy program, which runs for 8 weeks, and is run by a psychologist who specialises in sp. i've done research on her and apparantly her programs are like 80% effective. hopefully i expect to be going to the first program (starting 6th feb) so whether you decide to go or not, good luck with it all. :wink: http://www.anxietyaustralia.com.au/workshops.shtml
Waybuloo
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I went to a group session that was meant to run for 12 weeks but i dropped out after about 7 weeks. there were 6 or 7 sufferers with 2 psychologists. They just talked about symptoms, causes, with emphasis on the thought process that leads to anxiety, adn consequences. I could only see 2 or 3 people were showing signs of anxieyt or appear nervous to me. The fact that they all look very normal to me made me feel inferior and that i am way to anxious to be there. some dominated the conversations while others sat back. I alternated between the two. But at the last session, i talked a lot, and didnt' feel good about the attention i was getting.. or rather my reaction to it, so i left, period. Now i will never find out whether it was worth the while had i stuck to the end.
well at least i tried
well at least i tried
lostboi
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Hanv't been but I want to go.
I keep trying to get into a session but they allways get cancled cause they can never get enough people to participate cause eveyones too shy or has too much anxiety to show up..
Seriously. as much as it would be nice to go to a group session the idea of a bunch of SA people in a "group" almost seems counter intuitive. I'm still trying tho.
I keep trying to get into a session but they allways get cancled cause they can never get enough people to participate cause eveyones too shy or has too much anxiety to show up..
Seriously. as much as it would be nice to go to a group session the idea of a bunch of SA people in a "group" almost seems counter intuitive. I'm still trying tho.
tommydog
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yeh i did a 6 week course i think it was, something like 5 or more years.
it was pretty good and it was non threatening. for the stage of recovery i was in at the time, the course content was certainly useful to me.
we had 2 - 3 tutors they were all great, and yeh there was over a dozen people there, it was good.
it was pretty good and it was non threatening. for the stage of recovery i was in at the time, the course content was certainly useful to me.
we had 2 - 3 tutors they were all great, and yeh there was over a dozen people there, it was good.
Diluted_Acid
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I have, it was ok, but i didn't improve out of it. The lady who organised also looked at me funny everytime i would put my hands in my shirt(excessive sweating) so i felt a bit uncomfortable.
hippiejane
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my councellor said I really should try group threapy coz you don't know till you try it, I am going to a group threapy thing that goes for 8 weeks at ARCVic in Ashwood (Melbourne) it got postponed a few weeks as they couldn't find enough people but now they have enough and its going to start this friday, I'm soo freaked out. I'm told I'm the youngest which really sucks coz I think everyone else is gonna be wayyy older than me, thats not a bad thing its just sad I won't be able to ahve anyone there my age. Wish me luck ?
hippiejane
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wow I'd love that so much but I'm in Melbourne 
hippiejane
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SUCH A BUMMER, I got a call for the group I was gonna go to this firday and they said they had to postpone the start date again coz they couldn't get enough people ! It seems when it gets closer to the date people freak out and cancel, such a bummer coz I was looking forward to it, of course I was freaked out majorly but I still wanted to do it. Now its not gonna start till July 14th and there is no guarentee it will run then either. :?
Diluted_Acid
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I been to a group therapy session, i didn't get very much out of it, and it was only for just anxiety in general . . . . not social anxiety. Basically i was put with 5 other people of mixed sexes. I was the oldest though :? so i havn't really kept in contact with them. What we would do is run through these sheets where we would write a goal, rate out of 10 the amount of risk it would take to acomplish it. I will say though, what i did get out of this was inviting a good friend over my place :roll: . . . . . but otherwise i just recommend you really look for a group therapy specifically for SA.
. . . . not social anxiety. Basically i was put with 5 other people of mixed sexes. I was the oldest though :? so i havn't really kept in contact with them. What we would do is run through these sheets where we would write a goal, rate out of 10 the amount of risk it would take to acomplish it. I will say though, what i did get out of this was inviting a good friend over my place :roll: . . . . . but otherwise i just recommend you really look for a group therapy specifically for SA.