Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Australia
Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2005 7:21 am Post subject:
I believe it is treatable; cureable is too strong a word, in my opinion, because I reckon even the most confident people out there still have the occasional bad day. Noone is confident 100% of the time.
I know that it's possible to make progress because I have seen progress in myself. It's hard, and it is an excrutiatingly slow process, but I can see changes in my life compared to where I was a year ago. I hope one day that I will enjoy social situations rather than fear them. This is my goal. I'm using CBT, btw. No meds.
Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 72 Location: Australia
Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 11:10 am Post subject:
That's quite an inspirational story, nickabcuk... thanks for posting that. I like reading about people who have beaten SP -- it keeps me going when I feel that I've hit the wall (which is often). Sometimes I think it's easier to believe that you can never get over SP just so you don't have to make the effort to keep trying. I know I've made this mistake more than once... self-defeating thinking is an easy trap to fall into.
No, once you have it, you have it for the rest of your life.
Itend to agree with hellraising you can just learn to deal with it better desensitization drus all them things can help but its a bit like being an alcoholic its very easy to slip up and go back to the same feelings etc, its not curable...thats my opinion and im welcome to it
It’s treatable (hell even curable) if you want it to be. But it takes hard work, dedication and facing your fears. Not self-pity, avoidance and staying within your comfort zone.
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