Posted by Ronnie on 22/5/2011, 2:47 pm, in reply to "Shy Bladder and Treatment"

Hi Jon, I wish you well and hope that you may find that alternative medicines help in some way. For many of us who have experienced very similar difficulties, however, it has been the acceptance that we suffer from essentially a problem that is "all in the mind" and can be helped by some variant on CBT and gradual desensing that has been of greatest help. Just knowing that there are lots of otherwise ordinary people with the same difficulty can be a great relief, and even better if you can get to meet some of them and start to share the task of working towards improvement. For those reasons, I'd suggest you also take advantage of the information on this site (not just the discussion board), better still get hold of a copy of the Soifer book, and best of all, enlist for one of the 'workshops' that are organised from time to time. For many of us, these steps have produced a positive transformation in our attitude towards the problem and the level of anxiety we feel about it, and, to a greater or lesser extent, a marked physical improvement as well. I can't recommend them enough.

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