Posted by colin on 22/9/2012, 5:11 pm, in reply to "Outing myself..."

i'm 51 now and am only now starting to fight this awful problem...have it since my teens...last 2 weeks, with the help of a caring councillor.. i have been going to different locations/toilets..library..supermarket..train station. i go straight to urinal..stand there as if i am peeing..not peeing but getting used to being in that awful situation. after so many years of avoidance.. the feelings that u go through are awful, sweating, thinking,staring at the wall. but it has to be done if i am to get my life back. don't wait as long as i have..talk to someone/councillor/psychologist. took me a long time to find someone that i am comfortable with. ihave always been shy, quiet, introvert, which doesn't help if u have this awful problem. i thought i would never stand at a urinal..but i have..i have a long road ahead of me..i have taken the first steps to getting my life back.

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