RichUK
18-07-11, 10:10
Introduce myself? Sure.
Hello, my name is Richard (or Rich for short (surprisingly)) , nice to meet you.
The above demonstrates the limits of my social skills so how to introduce myself further (correctly) I do not know :P
I guess I can start by detailing my situation. I'm 19 year old male, agoraphobic and reclusive. I've spent the last 2 years and 6 months house bound (other than walking the family dog at erm...unique hours of the day). I have allowed agoraphobia, anxiety, social isolation (etc etc) to dominate the last few years of my life which resulted in me leaving college (not Uni) after my first year, and I have been stuck in a rut ever since.
I can attribute my condition to incidents/issues in my life, one of these being a physical 'abnormality'. I look very young for my age which made me feel very emasculated and lonely during my latter educational years. I do realise this is quite superficial, and I know it's also quite likely that I would suffer as I currently do without this 'problem'. Why mention this specific cause given that there are so many others? This problem I can do nothing about, I will likely always be plagued by it, and if I am confident that it is one of the causes of my agoraphobia, then I have to resign myself to always suffering (or being susceptible to) agoraphobia. It is the most harrowing and unnerving cause for my condition for this reason (despite being the most trivial).
I have realistic ambitions with regards to joining this forum. I simply wish to make some understanding friends, and help whoever I can in whatever way I can.
Best of luck to you all.
I hope you're all well (oh the irony).
Turrah for now
Hello, my name is Richard (or Rich for short (surprisingly)) , nice to meet you.
The above demonstrates the limits of my social skills so how to introduce myself further (correctly) I do not know :P
I guess I can start by detailing my situation. I'm 19 year old male, agoraphobic and reclusive. I've spent the last 2 years and 6 months house bound (other than walking the family dog at erm...unique hours of the day). I have allowed agoraphobia, anxiety, social isolation (etc etc) to dominate the last few years of my life which resulted in me leaving college (not Uni) after my first year, and I have been stuck in a rut ever since.
I can attribute my condition to incidents/issues in my life, one of these being a physical 'abnormality'. I look very young for my age which made me feel very emasculated and lonely during my latter educational years. I do realise this is quite superficial, and I know it's also quite likely that I would suffer as I currently do without this 'problem'. Why mention this specific cause given that there are so many others? This problem I can do nothing about, I will likely always be plagued by it, and if I am confident that it is one of the causes of my agoraphobia, then I have to resign myself to always suffering (or being susceptible to) agoraphobia. It is the most harrowing and unnerving cause for my condition for this reason (despite being the most trivial).
I have realistic ambitions with regards to joining this forum. I simply wish to make some understanding friends, and help whoever I can in whatever way I can.
Best of luck to you all.
I hope you're all well (oh the irony).
Turrah for now