Forum: Room with a View
1st August 2015, 09:16
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Replies: 9
Views: 4,102
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Forum: Room with a View
19th January 2015, 23:45
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Replies: 8
Views: 3,684
Re: I have been with SAUK for 8 years on and off
I have been posting on SAUK on and off for 8 and 1/2 years. :shocked: Time goes so quickly!
I have only just recently started taking serious CBT. I had done it twice before but couldn't stick...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th January 2015, 23:40
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,439
Re: Why are my efforts always a flash in the pan?
Because it's easier to plan/say what you're going to do than actually start doing it. It's all part of avoidance, we stay put or freeze and a defense mechanism. The best thing to do is to just some...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th January 2015, 23:35
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Replies: 18
Views: 2,085
Re: Going to the gym
If you have the money try starting off with a personal trainer. They can show you what to do and help set goals. That way you will feel less self conscious about looking like a fool and doing things...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
18th January 2015, 23:23
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Replies: 9
Views: 1,551
Re: Am I being absurd?
I'm in a similar situation. Except when I try to arrange things with my friends, they are always busy or doing something else. So I have to wait for them to arrange do things with me. My very best...
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Forum: Games Room
11th October 2014, 00:33
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Replies: 34
Views: 4,189
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Forum: Games Room
11th October 2014, 00:25
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Replies: 10,433
Views: 628,271
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
11th October 2014, 00:21
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,231
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
11th October 2014, 00:06
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Replies: 43
Views: 3,041
Re: Do you know your Myers Briggs....? = INFP
I used to be INFP but I am INFJ now.
This post attempts to explain the difference between the two--->http://personalitycafe.com/infp-forum-idealists/52640-difference-between-infj-infp.html
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th October 2014, 22:54
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,478
Re: Therapists in South London
Just so you know, most counsellors use the humanistic/person-centred style of therapy. So maybe there might be a free counselling service near by? There might be one at your GP. Also,...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
4th October 2014, 22:47
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,231
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
13th September 2014, 23:31
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,867
Re: Job interview advice needed URGENT!!
Prepare a little description of yourself, a lot of times the first question will be something like "So tell me about yourself" or "Why do you want this job?" So definitely prepare answers for those....
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Forum: Club 30-81
11th September 2014, 23:05
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Replies: 125
Views: 25,044
Re: Do you look your age?
Someone told me at the beginning of this year that they thought I was 18. I am 26(although 25 at the time)...
I've actually read social anxiety is supposed to age you (or maybe it's more to do...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
11th September 2014, 22:54
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,324
Re: Returned to forced isolation
Wow, you sound like you've made a lot of positive steps, maybe more than you think! I would maybe consider even moving away from this town. I don't know exactly where you live but I suppose it's...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
11th September 2014, 22:51
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Replies: 16
Views: 1,867
Re: Job interview advice needed URGENT!!
I hope the interview went well. If this happens in the future, my advice would be just go for it. I know it's tempting to try and delay it but really you should try and accommodate for the...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 22:02
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,324
Re: Returned to forced isolation
This holiday sounds really interesting! I guess it's one of those holidays were you work for free in exchange for food and accommodation?
Sorry that your return home has been such a let down....
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 21:48
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,410
Re: Tourette like symptoms
I think you're right. I am really annoyed that he prescribed antidepressants. I was hoping for beta blockers because the anxiety I am experiencing is getting worse to the point of unbearable and even...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 21:42
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Replies: 14
Views: 1,632
Re: Going to uni... any thoughts or experiences?
If you feel it is premature, I would maybe consider taking a gap year before going? I went straight from school to uni and couldn't handle it, stopped going to lectures and ending up attempting...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 16:48
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Replies: 39
Views: 18,310
Re: Baclofen for Anxiety
The problem is, doctors don't prescribe what you want but what they think is right. So maybe you should be telling GPs about this. That makes total sense though, since alcohol reduces anxiety by...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 16:43
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,410
Tourette like symptoms
This is kind of embarrassing, but I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Sometimes when I am thinking about an embarrassing situation or something that makes me anxious I will feel a...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
10th September 2014, 16:25
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Replies: 19
Views: 3,031
Re: Embarrassing incident in the bank today.
This happens to me all the time. I often get ear wax issues and sometimes it will get so bad I can't actually hear what people are saying and I get too embarrassed to tell them I have ear wax...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th June 2014, 11:39
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Replies: 4
Views: 1,253
Re: Nhs wellbeing therapies
It's basically using CBT, and it's only used for depression and anxiety. Many of these are actually being offered in GP surgeries now with the idea of improving access to therapy, so that depression...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th June 2014, 11:36
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Replies: 8
Views: 1,458
Re: Does this sound right to you?
Yes, this sounds correct. I do try to monitor my thoughts but often I will instinctively avoid a social situation or interaction before I have time to think, and then a minute afterwards I will be...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th June 2014, 11:34
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Replies: 2
Views: 1,354
Re: The Slippery Slope Of Isolation
I have also been down this slippery slope. I don't think I have ever truly come out of it either. It seems like you have a good basis to get yourself out though, past experience of being social, a...
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Forum: The Social Anxiety Room
7th June 2014, 11:20
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Replies: 3
Views: 1,206
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