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veryshy
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:05 am    Post subject: Does this help? Reply with quote

Does this forum help or does it only make you feel more hopeless?

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

tell me what u think about it? from how uve asked the question u seem like it does not help??

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It helps just to have people who understand you.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 2:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

This forum rarely helps me, infact it makes me worse off.

But I am here to share my mental and psychological experiences with people to perhaps make them feel better.

I'm one of the really bad/serious cases on this forum and no one can really argue against that. The worse I have it, the more I can learn and the more I can perhaps help others.

So yeah, it's a sacrifice..even though I do struggle to understand and relate every time I read 90% of the posts here.


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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bexi wrote:
tell me what u think about it? from how uve asked the question u seem like it does not help??


All this is new to me. I dont know if it helps or not, but I notice myself feeling worse sometimes thinking that there truely is something wrong with me. Then on the other hand I think some of us get into depressions, practically WANTING to feel bad for ourselfs, myself included.

I wonder if some people here are those ones that constantly seek pity, always having an ailment, a problem or what have you and most IMPORTANTLY always trying to spotlight their problem or ailment.

I STRIVE to not be that kinda person. Infact thats what has probably kept me quiet so long.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 3:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I sometimes do feel worse after being here. Sometimes I feel a little bit more like things just might turn out very badly for me because of what I have.

Still, it is a nice place to come because it is a place to come to to talk about some things that I couldn't really talk to anyone else about.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 4:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

veryshy wrote:
Then on the other hand I think some of us get into depressions, practically WANTING to feel bad for ourselfs. I STRIVE to not be that kinda person.


Good move, cause it's (self-pity) a complete waste of time. I thrived on pity highs and the tingly rush I felt in my joints when my self-centered world was falling further apart Rolling Eyes . I wasted a huge amount of time doing that.

Arrow Take whatever bits of information/ advice you find here that you think is valid and work with it. Ignore what you believe to be crap and start/ continue fixing whatever it is that's dragging you down.

There is also alot of positive news here. Seems like a couple of times a week, someone has an epiphany or finds a method that works or them and all joy breaks loose Mr. Green. That's the good part Laughing.

Keep trying anyway.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't really like any forum, because my opinions are continually derided in any forum I post in.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 12:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hiya Taws Smile
I am in my 30s and I can understand how you might find it upsetting to think there are people older than you still struggling. I have read posts by people in their 50s and thought 'oh-my-god...will I have this forever?'
But I don't think age is the issue. It proves that social phobia can affect anyone....and also that it doesn't just 'go away' by itself very often.
But the fact is I have never researched it before...understood it before or met other people who suffer with it before. So my age is irrelevant. What is more important I think is how long you have actively been trying to improve things for yourself.
You are lucky in that you have an understanding of social phobia while you are so young. It gives you more time to work out what you want from life and how to get it.

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PostPosted: Sat Jul 23, 2005 1:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i like this forum as blubs sent me a real nice message after i posted a prob on here Very Happy and i love2read what black_mamba writes, and alot of other ppl too x

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