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by rossco309
Wed Jun 10, 2009 11:40 am
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: Waterless Urinals
Replies: 4
Views: 14518

Re: Waterless Urinals

Hi Derek, strangely this sort of article doesn' t worry me any more. It would have in the bad old days though. It certainly is interesting to see the changes occuring to save water in many areas of our society. Did you see this line in the link to the sydneywater fact sheet quote..." UNSW has also d...
by rossco309
Sun May 24, 2009 10:53 pm
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: Constant pain?
Replies: 1
Views: 8810

Re: Constant pain?

Hi, I can relate to some of your experiences during my working career (I have now been retired 3 1/2 yrs). I could normally only go at work in a quiet toilet by sitting down and waiting until no one else was there, and i used to always try to go when i knew that the toilets would be quiet. I would a...
by rossco309
Thu May 21, 2009 8:45 am
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: introduction
Replies: 3
Views: 12372

Re: introduction

Hi Scott, Welcome to this PAA chat site. You have made the first step in recovery from this social anxiety disorder. I developed my AP early in my teen years, mainly through bullying at school urinals. It controlled my thinking and peeing for almost 45 years of my life before I stumbled across the I...
by rossco309
Fri May 08, 2009 1:12 pm
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: SYDNEY AP SUPPORT GROUP MEETING –My experiences – 7thMay
Replies: 1
Views: 8533

SYDNEY AP SUPPORT GROUP MEETING –My experiences – 7thMay

For various reasons I had not been able to attend the last 2 meetings, so it was great to be able to meet up again with fellow sufferers of avoidant paruresis who wish to continue down the recovery road. I started my night by avoiding going to the toilet before I left home and drank 600ml of water w...
by rossco309
Sun Feb 15, 2009 11:27 am
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: List of good toilets for exposure practice
Replies: 18
Views: 54198

List of good toilets for exposure practice

Hi all readers of this AP Chat Forum. Some of the Sydney Support Group have talked about listing Public Toilets that we have found helpful during our recovery exposure desensitisation work. I would like to start of this list by one I discovered today at the big 'Supacentre Shopping Centre' at Moore ...
by rossco309
Thu Feb 12, 2009 9:10 pm
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: Report on Sydney AP Support Group Meeting – Thurs 12th Feb 2
Replies: 0
Views: 12172

Report on Sydney AP Support Group Meeting – Thurs 12th Feb 2

Well, I finally made it back to a meeting after about 2 months off due to the Xmas break and just general business. As usual I arrived in the Town Hall area about 1 ½ hrs earlier and had a light tea at the Cascade Café. By the time my 55min train ride had got me into town and I had walked around the...
by rossco309
Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:08 pm
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: What Happens at a Workshop - My experiences in 2006
Replies: 4
Views: 21667

What Happens at a Workshop - My experiences in 2006

Reflecting on My 1st AP Workshop attended in Sydney 20 - 22nd Jan 2006. How can I describe my experiences at this Sydney workshop. Firstly I should explain that I have had medium to severe Avoidant Paruresis (AP) for about 45 years since my early teens. I had sought help from this anxiety disorder t...
by rossco309
Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:23 pm
Forum: General Paruresis Discussion
Topic: Congratulations
Replies: 2
Views: 10580

Congratulations

Well done Darren for setting up a nice modern web site.
Let's hope that many people with paruresis make good use of this site by posting and asking questions.

I look forward to catching up with you at the Sydney AP Support Group this year.