Posted by Angus on 4/10/2011, 4:54 pm, in reply to "Feedback on beginners workshop London Sept 2011"

+1 from me. Paruresis has affected me in varying degrees over the last 30 years or so - countless long train/coach journeys messed up nights out and loss of focus at meetings and events with friends/colleagues. For a long time I dreamed if only there was a supportive space to work on paruresis - it has to be something that is surmountable - and this weekend I really feel I found it. On the way home I re-visited a public wc where only a few weeks before I had 'locked up' and to my relief used it without problem in spite of it being just as busy. I've always been amazed at the commonality of the experience of people posting on the forum, but the depth of understanding of the problem by the workshop facilitators and their ability to guide us through the processes that will help us find our way out of it was truly phenomenal - if you can get the chance to do the workshop its definitely worth taking. And as Dave said you couldn't meet a more normal bunch of blokes. Many thanks to Andrew and all.

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