Posted by Dr. Bob on December 11, 2002, at 0:53:56
In reply to Social Anxiety Disorder, depression and PTSD, posted by fuzzymind on December 10, 2002, at 2:16:16
[Posted by bookgurl99 on December 11, 2002, at 0:49:49
In reply to http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20021203/msgs/131021.html]
fuzz,
you gotta get some help. you're too young, too smart, too full of potential to just let yourself die like this.
it sounds like you have (no duh) a major social phobias. phobias are overcome by confronting them.
it sounds like thoughts of the past are eating you up because you don't have much of a present. i was treated cruelly in jr. high and high school, and -- at age 27 -- those days are nothing to me anymore. the actions of dumb kids. now i have interests and relationships that take up my present-day.
you owe it to yourself to find a qualified counselor and give it another shot. in 5 years, more has been discovered about social phobia and appropriate treatment. all you have to do -- is pick up the phone and make that first appointment. that first step towards having a life in present day.
good luck,
bookgurl99
(p.s. my gf is korean. :D)
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