hows life?

[blue]

hi i havnt posted for a while so i thought id ask how every one is.

I ve been feeling really lately, thinking that it all gets abit much some times! i know my sp has got alot worse over the last year, how is every one else coping.....some times i just want to SCREEM!!!

Has any one told their family about it? I have im not too sure thats its helped though :?

take care :wink:

 

[hiddenman]

Hi Blue, i have just read your message; sorry to hear that you are feeling low - it may sound patronising, but please do not think that you are alone - email me if you want a chat.

My name is Gary and i am a 39 year old student studying at the University of Glasgow.

Do take care

 

[garnet]

Hi everyone!

I think that Social phobia/anxiety is one of the toughest things to get help for because;

1. it's not well publicised, so lots of people don't even know that it has a name
2. we have such a poor impression of ourselves, or low self esteem that we automatically assume that 'it's just us' or 'it's our fault'
3. we are naturally private individuals and don't want to impose upon others with our problems
4. we are too frightened to make a phone call to make an appointment with our GP
5. we are too worried that people might think we are crazy.

But I think that regardless of whether we seek professional help or not, there is one key point...we have to help ourselves when we feel ready to.

There's no point forcing yourself into getting help when you don't feel mentally/emotionally ready for it. Just take things step by step and congratulate yourself for each little step that you take.

Believe me, if you seek help when you are ready, you will improve much more rapidly.

I know what you mean when you feel that your SP has got worse...I have felt that lately. But what I keep clinging to is the notion that it's only a minor set-back and we have done it before..we can do it again!

I hope I have been of some help. Keep in touch with the forum and we'll all get through it.

 

[fazzer]

Hi from a new poster

Hi all

My first day on here feeling so desperate that it's destroyed my life, and only one person knows how I feel. I'm 33 and my family etc don't know a thing. I just don't know how to get through an entire life of utter self hatred. I wake up for nothing, and look forward to nothing and yet still I go on day after day and don't really know why, I guess its self preservation or something, my genes are keeping me going God knows why, I wouldn't dare bring a kid into the world if it was going to have a life like mine.

Sorry, I'm venting a lot here but I have never spoken about this outside of my best friend EVER so it's gonna pour out.

Big hello to you all though, and hope this day brings you some solace or something.

Farren