Posted by Pete on 1/10/2008, 8:36 pm, in reply to "Excuses, Excuses"

Adam, you have my heart-felt sympathy. Please look back on this website and read my initial posting on 08/02/2008 (now on Page 3) entitled "Release at last". You are only 19, you know you are not alone, and you can get help from UKPT so, with determination, you WILL be able to deal with this problem. Since writing that posting I have attended two UKPT Workshops and I would strongly advise you to do the same if you can manage it. I can't claim to be completely "cured" but I'm making progress, even at my age, and feel far more confident about myself. Like Nigel, I have just been to a wedding in a distant part of the country (unthinkable at the beginning of this year) and managed to cope with airports and hotels. Once, at the wedding, I had to make use of a handy bush as the loo was pretty inadequate - but, so what? - even the most "normal" of men can have a problem sometimes! As a start get hold of Stephen Soifer's book - obligatory reading, I'd say - and I wish you the very best of luck in what WILL be your recovery. Pete.

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