Posted by Martin on 20/10/2010, 6:08 pm, in reply to "Re: Manchester Workshop 8-10th October Feedback"

Hi, again I would echo most of what Mike, Ken, Jonny, Huw and Joe said. For me, the workshop was fantastic. It has really helped me. Like most of the lads, I was pretty nervous before the workshop. I didn't know what to expect but Andrew and Mert helped to put me at my ease straight away. Meeting the other lads the first night also helped a great deal as they were all pretty sound lads. Within an hour or two I began to feel more normal and optimistic about overcoming this problem. 3/4 hrs before the workshop I was totally on edge but this soon passed and my anxiety decreased dramatically as the weekend progressed. Mert and Andrew gave some really useful guidance and information and the encouragement from them and the other lads really helped a hell of a lot throughout the weekend. By the end of the weekend I felt that I had began to get on top of this problem and I felt far more optimisitic for the future. I would like to thank Andrew and Mert for their hard work and effort. It is amazing what ye do. Also I would like to thank all the lads for being there with me as the support we gave each other was immense and I hope we can keep in touch as ye are a great bunch of guys. For anyone reading this who is considering going on the workshop I would say 'go for it' as I'm pretty sure you will not regret it. It has certainly helped me. Martin

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