I'm really proud of myself (even though I have ENORMOUS anxiety right now). I went to a seminar on Sensory Learning ..luckily I got to go with two other people I feel "safe" with so that helped..LOL..

Anyways..one of my biggest challenges is speaking or asking questions in a group of people because my voice is very soft...and to top it off...I was sitting in the back. But I pushed through the wall of anticipatory anxiety of "omg what if he can't hear me and everyone laughs at me and the speaker gets annoyed and refuses my question" and raised my hand and went and did it...yeah..he did have trouble hearing me but all I had to was just SPEAK UP..LOL. "To hell with everybody else" I thought. Anyways, just thought I'd share that with you all

Hey that is really COOL!!!!!!!!!
i love hearing the good stuff. keep up the great work. i still have to get back to getting in front of people. i performed for a living singing 5 to 6 years ago and because of a tragedy that happened i have almost been a shut in and i am never around too many people but i am working on being assertive and i will post back when i have overcome more obstacles.

Hi! Changing times 07
Good for you. I went to my wifes familiy 4th of july picknick yesterday. It's hard enough dealing with the primary family. But when you throw in the aunts and uncles it just unbearable. I had extreame anxiety that day. Most of the people talk to you, some just ignore you, and there is always a few that simply just dont like you for what ever reason? However, I talked my way through it and did just like you did. I said to HELL with them all and I dont care what any of them think of me. They dont sign my pay check. You know all this anxiety comes down to is telling yourself I dont care what other people think of me period.

GOOD LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
PS: PLEASE TELL ME OR POST ANY FUTURE EVENTS YOU GET THRU ID LOVE TO HEAR THEM AND SHARE !!!!