(note: I'm 18 years old)
-How much Hope u have for Overcoming SA (in ascale of 10)
10. I'm sure it can be overcome. When I'm talking about 'overcoming it', I mean being totally free of anxiety/fear in any social situation.
-Type of treatment u use (CBT-Medications-others)
Reading books and thinking a lot about it! I've read books about Buddhism. Also books by some well-known spiritual teachers, or however you call that. I've also read a book about Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy and CBT. (the same?) Oh yeah.. observing myself, and gaining insight about how I work has also been important.
-time on treatment(months-weeks)
I think I started reading these books less than two years ago, but it has only been a few months ago since I found out, by reading a website, that I have social phobia. Since then I have been working on it a lot. It helps that I don't go to school at the moment... more time.
-Progress u made(scale of 10)[/quote]
8. Doing great.
I just want to say to all of you: social phobia and similar things must be overcome by WORKING ON IT, HARD. If you believe that it cannot be overcome, you will never work on it (would be futile, wouldn't it), so you'll never overcome it. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.