as good as it gets!

[Meg]

Hi Fan,

You have done so well. Congratulations.

The volunteer work will be a great step too and although you may have a germ phobia; you certainly do not have a 'terrible' germ phobia as you would not even be contemplating doing this at all.

One you realize that you can distract away the panics, you will find they go quicker anyway.

You're doing great.

Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

You cannot conquer fear until you have learned what it is you're afraid of. The enemy is ignorance. Vivian Vance

[bluebottle]

Well done Fan,

You've done so much and I am sure the charity work will be a great help.

Regards,

Blue
--
Take little steps

[sal]

Hi Fan

I am so proud of you not only going through it but posting. You will give a lot of people a reason to keep pushing themselves.

You have done brilliantly and i am well impressed and made me realise we all have the ability to overcome it along with bad days.

Thanks for that post we all needed it mate.



Lots of Love Sal xxxxx

[mojo5]

Hi Fan

FAN tastic ! pardon the pun !

Really - it's great to hear you being so positive about things - and I know you have the right attitude to get to a place you will be happy.

You deserve it.

Mo.[8D]

[FAN]

well i went to the pub last night which i havent done in about 2 years but i only lasted about 20 mins then came home. i went with my 1 remaining friend and lots of her friends were there they were very nice but the loud music, and all the smoke really made me feel unwell i felt cramped in and really couldnt breath so came home i did kick myself later for not persevering more but am going again tomorrow so maybe will stay a bit longer

fan x

[bluebottle]

<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">well i went to the pub last night which i havent done in about 2 years but i only lasted about 20 mins then came home. i went with my 1 remaining friend and lots of her friends were there they were very nice but the loud music, and all the smoke really made me feel unwell i felt cramped in and really couldnt breath so came home i did kick myself later for not persevering more but am going again tomorrow so maybe will stay a bit longer

fan x

<div align="right">Originally posted by FAN - 12 February 2005 : 12:29:03</div id="right">
</td id="quote"></tr id="quote"></table id="quote">

A smoky, cramped pub with loud music and you lasted 20 minutes? I wouldn't have set foot in the place. Seriously though, if this is what you normally enjoy then you have made an excellent start. You also went with people other than your friend, another huge tick for you there, and your going back again.

Put your feet up Fan and marvel at how far you have come.

Regards,

Blue
--
Take little steps

[Meg]

Fan thats great - again !!

You're doing exactly the right thing - slowly build up your exposure.

No room for regrets - you did very well.

Meg
www.anxietymanagementltd.com

You cannot conquer fear until you have learned what it is you're afraid of. The enemy is ignorance. Vivian Vance

[JPF]

Well done Fan - brilliant news and truly inspirational - you're an example to all of us!

Just think of all the progress you've made, it's wonderful. Good on you and keep on doing what you're doing; it's really working!

Good luck and good health

J

[jill]

Hi Fran

A big WELL DONE you are doing great[^]

As everyone says little by little dose the trick.
It dose not matter that you came home.
What matters is that you went and you are going
back.

TAKE CARE

LOVE JILLXX

Great changes may not happpen right away,
but with effort the difficult may become easy.

[nomorepanic]

Well done FAN.

You are doing brill and have come a long way forward.

Good luck with the new job too.

Nicola