Posted by Pat at ENcourage on April 24, 2008 at 10:54:12:

In Reply to: Searching For The Answers.......... posted by Maria79 on April 22, 2008 at 22:36:31:

Hello, Maria! Welcome! I'm the board/website founder, by the way, and I know well how you feel.

Since you already have had a lot of info and treatment, can I recommend that you might look into a book that could help? Maybe you've seen it, but I found it helpful when I needed a new angle to work with. Here's the link to it on our site, but you might find it at your local library, etc.:

http://www.encourageconnection.com/shop.html

Scroll down to EMBRACING THE FEAR. It's a very practical book and program, and helped me a lot to actually get out and try things more. It's a small book and the authors know their stuff from personal experience. (Also, there's a new book in the works; I've spoken with them.)

Let us know how it goes, in any case! You are far from alone. And I hope you can let go of the guilt, too, because there is no reason to feel it! :)

Be well,
Pat @ ENcourage