Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
16th April 2024, 14:10
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Replies: 24
Views: 851
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: 465
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th April 2024, 18:27
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Replies: 18
Views: 661
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th April 2024, 15:59
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Replies: 18
Views: 661
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: 576
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: 637
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Forum: Other Issues and Conditions
25th March 2024, 15:48
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Replies: 9
Views: 637
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: 256,824
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: 628
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: 758
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: 758
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: Room with a View
26th February 2024, 12:58
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Replies: 652
Views: 201,594
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
14th February 2024, 10:58
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Replies: 5
Views: 919
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: 652
Views: 201,594
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: 559
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: 878
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: 868
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: 1,691
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
3rd December 2023, 14:30
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Replies: 22
Views: 1,832
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: 1,832
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: 1,731
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
22nd November 2023, 11:32
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,731
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
21st November 2023, 12:46
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Replies: 13
Views: 861
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th November 2023, 15:45
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Replies: 13
Views: 861
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
17th November 2023, 16:59
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Replies: 13
Views: 861
Re: Assessment Centre with Social Anxiety
All very good advice above. Just to add to the visualisation bit, you can imagine everyone and everything at the event swaying gently back and forwards all the time - as if you're all under water...
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