Posted by Chelsea on 26/3/2009, 4:18 am, in reply to "Re: Hello from a new member!"

Thanks you two for replying. Pete, I had a lovely Birthday. Thanks for caring. I ended up going out to eat at a really nice restaurant with my mother and friend. I even decided to see what the bathrooms were like. Most of the time I don’t even plan to step into a restaurant bathroom, but I decided the sooner I start the better. I didn’t try to go, but just walking in there, and standing at the sink, checking out the surrounding felt good enough for me for now. Andrew, You gave some good advice that I plan to start working on. Thank you. After reading your message I feel that I may be trying too hard, too fast. You are correct, I think I am putting a lot of pressure on myself. Because of what you said I will try and remember to work a little at a time. Even though it’s slower, hopefully this will show more rewarding progress. As I said in my first entry I am planning on calling my colleges counseling program (hopefully tomorrow.) I hope the way they will work with me is similar to how a CBT counseling program is ran. I’m scared they will not know what to do with someone like me. I know there are many people like us, but it seems from what I have read (and my own experience) many people take it as a joke or not as serious. I hope they understand. I’ll definitely start practicing faking it starting tomorrow. It sounds like a good step to take from here. I checked out the list of books on the website and thinking of buying Shy Bladder Syndrome or Bathrooms Make Me Nervous. It seems a lot more people have read and rated Shy Bladder Syndrome on Amazon yet Bathrooms Make Me Nervous is from a girls perspective. Hmmm

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