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ecky
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31 Dec 2007, 8:42 pm

i am the only one who finds relationships terrifying? am i the only one who gets panic attacks because she is afraid she is losing her identity? i am the only one who feels sick when her friends talk about getting engaged?



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31 Dec 2007, 9:16 pm

You are not the only one! 8O



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31 Dec 2007, 9:41 pm

you are not alone ecky. i still get panic attacks when i have to go to a client meeting. :-/


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31 Dec 2007, 10:36 pm

Yes, I can relate! There's this guy I am growing attracted to, but the very thought of acting on it brings on severe anxiety attacks, and middle of the night wakening. :help:


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01 Jan 2008, 2:06 am

Every time I try to interact romantically i seize up. Approach it as if she were a friend instead of a lover, and all of a sudden I'm very natural about it all...



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01 Jan 2008, 3:23 am

ecky wrote:
i am the only one who finds relationships terrifying? am i the only one who gets panic attacks because she is afraid she is losing her identity? i am the only one who feels sick when her friends talk about getting engaged?



No.

then again, when people I know get engaged, I make moolah, I'm a wedding photog.


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