Kronas
there was a really good article in the Times the other day - please read it, and it may give you some guidelines/pointers as to a "way ahead".
It starts with
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Health briefings
The TimesJuly 17, 2006
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Rebuilding the walls of confidence
Jane Wheatley
Cognitive behavioural therapy is the Next Big Thing, but who loses out?
On a fine summer morning, a young man walks across the lawns of his university campus, up to the doors of a lecture theatre. There, he hesitates, then turns, head down, hurrying away against the flow of students, back to his room where he can be alone. Later that week, he sits miserably in front of a kindly looking woman: he always means to go to lectures, he tells her; he often gets as far as the doors but chickens out at the last moment. What is he afraid of? †œThat someone will sit next to me, or speak to me or ask me a question.ââ‚ ¬Â And if they did ††what do you think would be the worst thing that could happen? †œThat I would say something stupid and go red and people would laugh about me afterwards.ââ ¡Ã‚¬Ã‚ NI_MPU('middle');Social phobia ††or social anxiety disorder ††is one of the most common causes of psychological distress
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article...4-2271024.html