Posted by kath on December 28, 2002, at 15:28:01
In reply to New to posting, posted by laurarn on December 28, 2002, at 11:59:46
Hi laurarn,
So nice that you posted! The group that you're getting up the courage to join - is it an internet group? or a "real-life-people" group? Just curious. Although people would probably never suspect it, inside, somewhere, I'm shy & depending on the situation, can feel shy in a group. When I first posted here at PsychoBabble, I was pretty shy & was awfully excited to have people answer me.
I am so glad that you went ahead & stepped outside the boundaries that you'd always known, to get help for yourself. Congratulations. That was a huge step to take...sounds like the first of many steps, perhaps!
Hope you keep posting!
hugs, Kath
> Hi everyone. I've been reading posts on this site for two years. I've posted a couple of times and it actually felt quite liberating. I find myself getting up and turning on the computer just to update myself on how everyone is doing. I like the various boards. I am just now learning as a life skill that not everyone has to agree all the time.
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> In my household you never admitted pain or emotional hurt at all. I went outside the boundries by getting help for anxiety and depression. Talk therapy helped but it soon became evident that physiologically there was depression. I wasn't comfortable with my GP managing psychotropics, so I arranged a visit with a pdoc. Best move I ever made.
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> My dx's, after weekly visits for one year now, include unspecified depression, anxiety and PTSD.
> I ignored my problems for years and made my way through life like a bull in a china closet. This finally resulted in a meltdown that threatened my career, and my life.
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> I am sure this will be the longest post I will ever write. I just wanted to share that I might even be getting the courage up to join a group that I've been thinking about. Mostly because of reading your stories and posts and thinking that maybe being part of a group may not be so bad after all. In fact, it's kinda neat.
poster:kath
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