Isnt there a support group for social phobia in Edmonton ?

rko74 · Intermediate User Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 258

Just curious, isnt there one in the uni somewhere?

still-in-my-shell · Posted: Tue Feb 14, 2006 6:33 pm Post subject:

I admit I haven't looked in to it... it would be a great idea tho.

Ayla · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:18 am Post subject:

hey, if by uni you mean university, there is a therapy group for students with sp, its not a support group tho, its cognitive behavioural therapy.

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Ayla · Posted: Wed Mar 08, 2006 4:34 am Post subject:

hey, wait a minute....

do you want to create a support group???

I mean, I've been thinking about posting this for a little while, but concerned because... I don't know, i don't know you guys really and I wondered if we could really relate (and maybe, is it dangerous for me to be meeting with random people off the internet, no offense to anyone personally). but obviously we have showing up here in common, and that's the point, right?

listen, I'm socially phobic but midly so and I'm pushing myself really hard to get through it lately. If you want a group, seriously, i'd be willing to run it. No therapy, just getting together and talking about sp and maybe recounting success stories and failures. Is that the kind of group you're looking for?

I just think that knowing that other people are out there with this problem helps to normalize it to a certain extent. I know just coming to this site and hearing about other people's experience helps me put my own in perspective.

What do you edmontonians think? Would you show up? I'm thinking, coffee shop or the like, not at anyone's home, you know, for safety reasons.

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still-in-my-shell · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:39 am Post subject:

I'd be totally up for that, Ayla...

what if we all just sit there silently staring at the floor- Ha, I'm mostly kidding. It would be nice to be in a group of people who won't detest you if you are just silently staring at the floor though...

A coffee shop would be good, I am pretty functional as a Social Phobe, but I used to have agoraphobia and I understand this might be a huge leap for some people.

still-in-my-shell · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 1:41 am Post subject:

Thank you guys for bringing it up when I didn't have the courage to.

Ayla · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 6:54 am Post subject:

Ayla · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 5:42 am Post subject:

alright! so the final date, as agreed upon by all three who responded, is Friday, April 7th, at 2pm at the churchill square second cup.

just posting this in case there are any other edmontonians out there who were too shy to respond before, and so didn't get the info.

see you guys there

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still-in-my-shell · Posted: Fri Mar 24, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject:

See ya there, it'll be a quick visit for me though.

Hopefully more Edmontonians can make it, now or in the future...

Ayla, do you go to the cognitive behavior sessions at the university? Just curious, I don't know much about that.

rko74 · Intermediate User Joined: Aug 22, 2005 Posts: 258

I remember going once or twice to the university to a group meeting that had social phobics there.Is there a link on the internet about what it offers? Not sure if its the same thing.