Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
28th March 2011, 16:17
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,778
Re: A Funny Observation (people staring)
I was shopping on Sunday in the supermarket and I swear I caught 4 or 5 people in a row all looking at me. At one point it felt like something out of Invasion of the Bodysnatchers where I was the...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th March 2011, 16:52
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Replies: 83
Views: 11,421
Re: Incapacity benefits to be cut
I got the dreaded ATOS medical assessment form through the post this morning for my re-assessment sigh :(. I've been on ESA for about 5 months and attended 5 out of 6 pathways to work sessions which...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
23rd February 2011, 13:56
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Replies: 21
Views: 2,392
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th February 2011, 16:49
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Replies: 23
Views: 17,219
Re: ESA ATOS home visit gestapo medical assessment
It went ok. I had to get a letter from my doctor saying I wasn't fit to travel and fax it to them and then post the original. I phoned to confirm they received the fax when I got home and they told...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
24th January 2011, 16:45
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,906
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
24th January 2011, 15:44
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Replies: 31
Views: 2,906
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Forum: The Lounge
21st January 2011, 16:01
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,764
Re: Should I get the amazon Kindle?
I'd say go for the library. They are nice quiet places where you can hide away in a corner and not be disturbed. Treat it as a stepping stone to getting out the house. Obviously there'll be hundreds...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
20th December 2010, 15:05
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,183
Re: Survey tastic
1.To what extent do you describe yourself as an Introvert or Extrovert?
Introvert 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Extrovert
Introvert 2
2. In a working environment, what would your initial reaction...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
1st December 2010, 16:06
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Replies: 167
Views: 26,186
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Forum: The Lounge
25th November 2010, 16:23
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Replies: 7
Views: 1,405
Re: Anyone else like fallout the game?
Yep, love the Fallout series. I was lucky enough to play Fallout 1 & 2 on the PC years ago and see how it has progressed.
I completed Fallout New Vegas last week and got 1000/1000 gamerpoints on...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
14th November 2010, 15:56
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,349
Re: Does anyone have a week like mine?
My last 10 years (!) have been pretty much the same as you which is scary. I quoted the above as they stood out.
What scares me the most is that going out and actually trying to improve my life...
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Forum: The Lounge
11th November 2010, 13:17
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,139
Re: tax bill woes
Oh I should add not one person ever went to prison in the 10 years I was there. Although there is an argument that I spent 10 years in prison by working there.
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Forum: The Lounge
11th November 2010, 12:37
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,139
Re: tax bill woes
I worked for the Collector of Taxes for 10 years (long time ago now though!) and they went through stages of often granting time to pay to then not granting it at all and being all ultra tough.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th November 2010, 15:46
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,434
Re: nervous as hell about seeeing my GP tommorow!!
I had to explain my back and shoulder problem to 3 separate doctors and got different degrees of care from each. It's quite worrying how dismissive and bored some of them seem. I guess they're only...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th November 2010, 15:39
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Replies: 23
Views: 17,219
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th November 2010, 14:59
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Replies: 69
Views: 9,983
Re: Have you received abuse from strangers?
When I was in my teens I did but I looked a mess so it was inevitable. I was thin as a rake, white as snow, thick glasses, spotty and greasy hair. Tom Cruise I wasn't. Girls would laugh as they...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th November 2010, 14:32
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Replies: 20
Views: 2,583
Re: Do you have a chip on your shoulder?
I do and that's ok. Yes it's all nicey nicey to forgive and forget and move on, accept the shit people throw at you and deal with it but in reality, that's pretty bloody hard to do.
Oh and when I...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th November 2010, 14:23
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Replies: 12
Views: 2,320
Re: You had a kingdom, a fully functional being.
Same.
I had coped with my parent's divorce when I was 12, the terrible stuff as a family we went through, their depression and alcoholism. I was a pretty resilient little kid. Then I hit puberty...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th November 2010, 13:50
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,892
Re: Claiming ESA?
I recently started claiming ESA and luckily passed the medical. After you make the initial claim, you'll get a phone call and have to answer loads of basic questions. Later you'll be sent a hefty...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th October 2010, 12:54
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,059
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
9th October 2010, 19:34
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Replies: 11
Views: 2,059
Woody Allen quotes on life
I was watching an old Woody Allen film the other day (Bananas) and I thought hmm he's probably one of the few famous people I'd consider more odd looking than me! So I thought I'd check out his imdb...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
5th October 2010, 12:23
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Replies: 118
Views: 12,315
Re: Jobseekers...
I had a similar small amount when I first signed on and the proper amount kicked in some time after the second signing on day.
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th October 2010, 12:11
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,593
Re: Would you ever get a massage ?
I've recently had about 4 or 5 physio massages at the local doctors surgery for my bad back. It wasn't an overall massage and concentrated only on my lower spine but it still required me to strip to...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
27th September 2010, 16:17
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Replies: 23
Views: 3,247
Re: suicide
Yep agree strongly on the gene thing. From what I've read, Bridgend is a right crap hole of a place with few opportunities so that probably didn't help.
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