http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/ SocialFitnessForum Sat, 11 Jul 2009 19:10:25 GMT Laurence Baker http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/799 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/799 I found a link online to a chapter in a book I read a few years ago and thought it was great. My lifestyle was pretty solitary at the time and I didn't have Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:20:35 GMT Bob Mayo http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/798 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/798 Yeah, I've been doing CBT for SA for about 15 years now. I guess you'd say I'm a slow learner :-). Actually, I spend most my time avoiding exposures; if I Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:39:11 GMT spatler1 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/797 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/797 In the ASDI group I don't know if there will even be a workbook. Same goes for the DC group, although I expect he will use one. The Havre de Grace group will Sat, 20 Jun 2009 23:42:46 GMT Bob Mayo http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/796 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/796 Hi. I hope your local SA group goes well. What workbook will you be using? I highly recommend Managing Social Anxiety: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 22:55:18 GMT spatler1 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/795 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/795 Bob, Thanks for the welcoming greeting. I'm very glad to hear your high opinion of the 3 week group. I have tried twice to take it, this past spring and this Sat, 20 Jun 2009 03:05:36 GMT Bob Mayo http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/794 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/794 Welcome. I took Dr Richards' 3-week intensive in Arizona, which was amazing. Having a like-minded group can really accelerate your progress. Have you Sat, 20 Jun 2009 02:48:10 GMT spatler1 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/793 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/793 I just found this group too. I am 52 and have had SA my entire life, although it was not until 9 months ago that I found that out. I just thought it was the Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:46:00 GMT Laurence Baker http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/792 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/792 In the women and dating circles, you're probably right. He would tend to attract the intellectual types. I used to think his whole thing about by teaching Fri, 12 Jun 2009 06:17:22 GMT Bob Mayo http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/791 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/791 You too? Wow! I also highly recommend Dr Paul's stuff, but my experience is that it is best for analytical people (engineers, scientists, nerds, etc). If Fri, 12 Jun 2009 05:17:54 GMT Laurence Baker http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/790 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/790 ... Check out http://www.doctorpaul.net/ I've been following him for a long time, and I've been really impressed with the depth of his knowledge. Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:37:51 GMT Sam Rau http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/789 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/789 I think that this is excellent advice. Also I wonder about anxiety in this type of situation. Often times I feel anxious and imagine that the other person is Mon, 08 Jun 2009 19:34:56 GMT Sam Rau http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/788 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/788 What I want is to go into any social situation with a positive mental attitude regardless of what happens and, in the event that I am for some reason not in a Fri, 29 May 2009 04:03:48 GMT Will http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/787 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/787 With practice it will come easier. Girls don't like indecisive guys. Women run away because... the ones you talk to are assholes. There are girls who are Fri, 29 May 2009 03:43:23 GMT emaildjamel http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/786 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/786 I have a question dos the girls don't like shy guys ? And why ? Because whenever I talk to the girls my face color goes red and I get nervous and confused Fri, 29 May 2009 03:06:11 GMT Will http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/785 http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SocialFitnessForum/message/785 I had joked with him about picturing girls with penises. I haven't used this in so long I was not sure i could reply to this address. Women are just men with