Forum: Room with a View
Today, 14:23
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Replies: 654
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Forum: Room with a View
Today, 12:27
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
16th April 2024, 14:10
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Replies: 24
Views: 872
Re: Seeing the GP for Social anxiety
^ Yes, don't add fear of crying to all your other anxieties! Take plenty of tissues! My GP was helpful and I was relieved to be able to talk to someone about the SA. All the best.
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Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room
11th April 2024, 17:49
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Replies: 3
Views: 483
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th April 2024, 18:27
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Replies: 20
Views: 743
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th April 2024, 15:59
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Replies: 20
Views: 743
Re: Attending best friends wedding
I have been in this exact situation a couple of times.
I went to my GP, and was prescribed Diazepam. The first time it worked fine, though the effect did start to wear off a bit after three or...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
4th April 2024, 10:07
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Replies: 8
Views: 594
Re: What should I do ...set boundaries?
This all sounds a bit confusing, Angela. Do you mean he has never told his wife about dressing up as a woman? It sounds like a potentially difficult situation for you to be in.
Regarding him...
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Forum: Welcome & Introductions Room
30th March 2024, 13:31
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Replies: 11
Views: 652
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
25th March 2024, 15:48
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Replies: 9
Views: 648
Re: Horrible mum
I think Dougella is right that parents often go on treating their adult children the same way they did when they were younger. I don't think it's necessarily malicious, it's usually just their...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
22nd March 2024, 13:06
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Replies: 1,760
Views: 257,054
Re: The Suicide Thread - Trigger Warning
Just picking up on one thing you say, about blood pressure.
I've had high blood pressure for several months now, I think most likely because of anxiety. Anyway, a single reading apparently is...
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
14th March 2024, 13:01
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Replies: 4
Views: 643
Re: Recurring dreams
^^ What amazing dreams, they sound quite prophetic. :sad2
I have recurring dreams about being in some dreary office job (like a lot of the ones I had), having to get something done, but with...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
8th March 2024, 12:46
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Replies: 6
Views: 776
Re: Chanting Om (Aum)
I don't know if any comparison studies have been done on physical effects of chanting Om versus singing, Scurrilous. But as you say, singing is good for us.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th March 2024, 11:54
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Replies: 6
Views: 776
Chanting Om (Aum)
A very detailed study of the effect of chanting Om, you probably won't want to wade through all of it. However the conclusion is that even 5 minutes of this chanting can be good for us and calm us...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
14th February 2024, 10:58
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Replies: 5
Views: 926
Re: Struggling
Very sorry to hear you're feeling down at the moment, GI. We all go through these patches, especially when a few difficult things come together (as they often seem to do).
However, knowing...
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Forum: Room with a View
10th February 2024, 15:12
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Replies: 654
Views: 201,840
Re: Inspirational quotes/sayings etc
“One must learn to look away from oneself in order to see much: this hardness is necessary to every climber of mountains” (Nietzsche, The Wanderer).
(I haven't read this, just saw the quote...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
19th January 2024, 15:47
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Replies: 6
Views: 564
Re: Just wanna share with you my experience
Hello and welcome, ppaad! :) I'm very sorry you're feeling so upset.
Your experiences sound very familiar to me. Once the first panic attack happens, we can start to panic about having...
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Forum: Room with a View
17th January 2024, 15:41
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Replies: 4
Views: 886
Re: Sponsoring a dog kennel
^ Yes - I support Hillside - they campaign and do a lot to expose abuse of animals. You could adopt one of their animals if you wished. https://www.hillside.org.uk/
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
8th January 2024, 13:00
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Replies: 6
Views: 871
Re: Social anxiety challenge buddy
I'm not that person either, however I wish you all the best with this.
I think real life friendship/buddying might be more appealing and helpful for people than online, maybe it would help too...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
29th December 2023, 12:06
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,699
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
3rd December 2023, 14:30
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,835
Re: So is it me or is it these jobs I’m taking?
I don't think it's about what we look like, Boy, it's much more about how we feel about ourselves, and how that is reflected in the whole way we interact with people. A lot of the extrovert,...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
30th November 2023, 17:20
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,835
Re: So is it me or is it these jobs I’m taking?
This would happen to me a lot. Maybe because with SA we don't settle into a job as quickly as people without it. I think people thought I was aloof,when really I was just anxious and on edge. ...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
23rd November 2023, 11:34
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,736
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
22nd November 2023, 11:32
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,736
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
21st November 2023, 12:46
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Replies: 13
Views: 867
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th November 2023, 15:45
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Replies: 13
Views: 867
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