Posted by andrew on 21/9/2012, 1:07 pm

i'm 32. i've had this as far back as i care to remember. when it was mild, i avoided the situation, this led to it becoming severe. i was so glad when i found out it had a name, that i was not the only one. was a great help in relieving the shame i'd felt for so many years. i realise now avoidance is two steps back. it's destroyed my life and had an effect on just about every decision i've ever made. time to man up and face this challenge life seems to have given me. i've come so far on my own, but i want to talk about it, i want to tell people about it, and i want help/support. i realise i've got it, and probably got it for good. i'll learn to deal with that. but i want to get rid of all the secondary symptoms it produces and get on with my life, and god damn not feel any shame for "it"!

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