Posted by Bill on 1/9/2013, 9:20 pm, in reply to "Re: De-sensing in North-West/general rambling!"

Hi Andrew, Thanks very much for your reply. It'd be fair to say the old adage of 'a problem shared is a problem halved' bears a lot of truth; since writing all this down on Thursday, it's felt like a massive weight's been lifted off my shoulders! I've felt a lot more relaxed and calm about things, and it's sort of provided me with a bit of perspective on an issue I've just been going over in my head to myself for goodness knows how long. Putting it into perspective has stopped me overthinking things (something I'm really bad for anyway) and feeling more relaxed about it has had another upside in that I went to a big outdoor event over the weekend, one of those one with temporary open facilities with minimal privacy, and was able to go every time in a reasonably busy environment with minimal anxiety. Still a lot of work left to do before I feel totally comfortable but I feel a lot more confident having corresponded with someone about it and I think that's rubbed off on my daily life so I'm very grateful for your response. I fully understand your point about people preferring to buddy up with people they've already met too - thought it might be a stab in the dark but it's worth asking I suppose! Cheers, Bill

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