07-06-2013, 08:32 PM
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As others have already said MKJ I also think you must be a brave person to write so openly about yourself and relate how you have learnt to come to terms with what sounds like a quite debilitating problem. I am surprised that you seem to have had very little help over the years - I think your own doctor should have done something to help. I am sure a lot of people will identify with the feelings you experienced in your teens and I also I think it is such a shame that you didn't receive the help you needed when you were a teenager. Maybe you might not have had such a difficult struggle over the years if you had received professional support when you first needed it most. I read that you said you "think" you suffer with sociophobia and, although you say you are managing OK now, if it were me I would be looking for a definitive diagnosis. I know there are services out there and people who could do a lot to help you. Do you think you could think about accessing some help? - From what you have said about your feelings I would expect that your doctor would be able to refer you. It's a big step I know, but you have been brave enough to put all this down on this forum - and that's no small thing to do - so maybe it wouldn't be too difficult to go and have a chat with someone who is really able to help you. Best wishes. Rena.
07-06-2013, 08:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MKJ
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You trying to tell me you are off your trolley too 
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Time is running out? Is this about your age? If it is, I have you pegged like that bloke on his unicycle
07-06-2013, 08:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Aerolor
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As others have already said MKJ I also think you must be a brave person to write so openly about yourself and relate how you have learnt to come to terms with what sounds like a quite debilitating problem. I am surprised that you seem to have had very little help over the years - I think your own doctor should have done something to help. I am sure a lot of people will identify with the feelings you experienced in your teens and I also I think it is such a shame that you didn't receive the help you needed when you were a teenager. Maybe you might not have had such a difficult struggle over the years if you had received professional support when you first needed it most. I read that you said you "think" you suffer with sociophobia and, although you say you are managing OK now, if it were me I would be looking for a definitive diagnosis. I know there are services out there and people who could do a lot to help you. Do you think you could think about accessing some help? - From what you have said about your feelings I would expect that your doctor would be able to refer you. It's a big step I know, but you have been brave enough to put all this down on this forum - and that's no small thing to do - so maybe it wouldn't be too difficult to go and have a chat with someone who is really able to help you. Best wishes. Rena.
.Of course the nature of my problem causes problems as I'm unable to go to many places so they have to come to me - awkward.
07-06-2013, 09:09 PM
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Good to hear!I take my little dog out every morning, sometimes I meet a lady with her little dog. We chat happily, mostly we agree on this: we don't like other people (as in their physical presence), neither of us would visit or have others visit us and our worst nightmare is an unexpected visitor who wants to invade our space! (unless they have beards Pats)
Isn't it weird? I like talking to people and getting to know them, but those people who touch you when they speak or get in your face, ugh!
07-06-2013, 10:49 PM
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Mark, thank you for sharing your story with us, it was a very brave thing for you to do. I too, have never heard of Sociaphobia.You are a strong person to have fought your way through all those dark years by yourself, so well done!
Every good wish to you for the future...
08-06-2013, 07:46 AM
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I haven't got sociophobia, I'm just plain old anti-social. My idea of hell is a party (or worse still - a nightcub). For someone whose career has been based on contacting, talking to and building relationships with people, I am pretty shy in personal relationships, but can be very extrovert as well. To give an example - I used to sing and play semi-professionally and was very happy and felt no anxiety about performing in front of hundreds of strangers. However, I would be much too embarrassed to perform in front of a small group of close friends or family - people I actually care personally about.At work I had no problems with making a presentation to a large conference of strangers, but was reticent about making the same presentation to a small group of close colleagues. Go figure!
Much as I love my wife (she is as important to me as breathing), my family and close friends, sometimes I just love to be on my own for a few days and will take myself off to the Lake District or Wales and just walk in the mountains for a few days with a bivvy bag and what food I can carry - heaven!
My wife is in many ways, the polar opposite - she lives to socialise, loves going out and partying, spends hours on the phone talking to friends, yet is shy in large groups. Takes all kinds I guess!
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