Posted by Peter on 10/2/2008, 12:09 am, in reply to "Re: Release at last"

Andy: Thanks so much for your encouragement and for your flattering remarks (not at all deserved) about my stand in the war. Not everybody sees it that way! I'm sure you are right about Workshops and I would love to meet other sufferers and talk about views and experiences. I'll keep it in mind but can't promise anything. After burying myself in a sleepy Suffolk village for over twenty years London is a foreign country to me. I'm near Bury St Edmunds and wondering if there is any chance of meeting you sometime? I'd also like to meet someone in this area who has similar problems. We might very well be able to help each other but how to bring this about I've no idea. Any suggestions? For the moment, I've decided the best thing to do is to "practice" every day as far as possible, now that I realise I'm not alone, until the whole process comes more naturally. Today I felt quite pleased at being able to pee in a urinal with another guy only two or three places away. Still felt very nervous, though, and I expect there will be setbacks especially in crowded situations, but as you say, it could be the end of the beginning! It's obvious, from waht you say, that positive thinking has played a big part im helpng you. I hope it will do the same for me - I'm not easily defeated when I know something is possible! I would love to keep in touch, if you are willing. Any further suggestions or comments would be much appreciated. Peter.

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