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Ways To Cope With Social Anxiety
If you’ve met me, you’ve probably realised that I’m a very awkward person. I stumble over words, never know how to greet people (is it a handshake? A hug? A kiss? Two kisses?!), and have been the perpetrator of many a social faux-pas. Trust me, I’ve got enough to fill a whole other blog post. Actually, I just might; it would certainly make for some entertaining reading! I feel constantly paranoid about my appearance and spend hours after a perfectly normal conversation, cringing about something I said. However, in recent months, I’ve developed a few methods of easing my worries and alleviating some of my social anxiety. Here are some…
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Life Update: My Last CBT Session!
Just a quick post to check in as it’s been a little while and I’ve got something very exciting to share… I’ve just had my last ever CBT session! It’s been a long old journey, with two separate therapists and many, many issues to work through. But I DID IT! If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen that I’ve not been very well over the last couple of weeks and that just after my birthday something happened that once would have been my worst nightmare: I threw up. If you don’t know, I have HAD emetophobia, a fear of vomiting. At my worst, this phobia controlled my…
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In praise of Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger
What Thordis Elva is doing isn’t dangerous, but thinking we have a claim to her pain is. Yesterday, Cosmopolitan published the remarkable story of Thordis Elva and Tom Stranger. To summarise briefly, the pair were in a relationship 20 years ago. One night, when Thordis was drunk, Tom forced himself on her. She was 16. Years later, she reached out to him, and the pair embarked on a journey down the long road to forgiveness. Now they give talks about what happened all those years ago, and have co-authored a book, South of Forgiveness. The article stirred up a lot of outrage on Twitter, and while I can understand where it’s…
