Posted by Carol Olmert on 23/5/2009, 8:13 pm, in reply to "Re: First time user - reply from a recovered female paruretic"

Margaret, I'm glad you happened to be watching the "Richard and Judy" show at just the right moment! For many paruretic sufferers, just knowing that "you're not alone" does wonders. Acceptance of one's condition is an important facet of recovery. When you brought up your young grandchildren, I was reminded how mine, when they were about the same ages as yours, invited me to join them in a stall. Mind you, this was at a point in my life where I was nearly recovered. So, even though they turned their backs to me, they started to count 1-2-3 etc. and that really did me in. Only this time I was able to laugh about the absurdity of the situation. Interestingly, some women have written to me to report that they can easily go in the presence of their younger kids or grandkids because they don't feel judged by them in any way. Go figure. Carol

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