Recent content by Bernie

Hi everyone! I was bullied in primary school and secondary school, and allthough i'm in my thirties it still stays with you! The thing that stays with me the most, is the question : "Why?" This can leave you with an inferiority complex in later life, well it certainly has with me! I was very...

Hi Guys! I'm a female who also has deeply distressing violent thoughts, like so many others suffer with on here. What's mad is, if i hear a story about an animal being harmed or child, the image stays in my mind for months, and i feel terribly depressed, it's a bloody awful feeling! Where do...

Because people suffer from Social Phobia i should imagine we all have low self-esteem. And they say "If you don't love yourself then you can't love anyone else" . I've never been in love, i suppose i've just had crushes on people and if i've had feelings for someone they've never been...

Hi Everyone! Are any of you on Facebook? It's just that i've recently joined and i have to say it's a great site. Anyway: I was suprised to find brilliant groups on there for Social Phobics. It would be great to see you all on there and be able to chat. Anyone interested? Bernie

I love The Two Ronnies (but Ronnie Barker in particular was a genius wit) Peter Kay (in Phoenix Nights) The Marx Brothers and Laurel and Hardy

I'm a 31 year old female, who suffers with social phobia/and or Agorophobia. I think this is a brilliant site.

I personally think the majority of Agorophobics and Social Phobics have suffered traumas in their childhoods, like sexual abuse, negect, violent abuse etc. And that it is probably triggered by such experiences. I also have suffered from violent thoughts, where you have an image in your mind of...

I'm confused as to whether i have social phobia or agorophobia, aren't they quite similar? All i know is that what i suffer from is exteme. It started in childhood, i was indecently assaulted when i was six years old and from then on everything changed, it was as though my whole world was turned...