Thanks for your insightful replies Purple Petals and Mandy

I don't think I am ready for a real life therapy group. I certainly wasn't before..... and I did feel extremely anxious and vulnerable..... for days (before and) after too if I recall correctly.....

Could you elaborate on your comment re. "motives" Mandy.... only if ok.

I think people are supposed to be there to work on themselves...I guess sometimes people prefer to sit back and try to "work on" other people's issues though.... idk...... and why does a strangers opinion of you matter so much. I am trying not to let strangers opinions of me matter so much..... just thinking aloud

Having said that, I left one of the groups after only 3 "sessions"..... because of someone's comment re. what I was sharing ... and the therapist and others there did try to work through it with me. I was just too anxious I think

Just to clarify, both of these groups were in fact more than 3 years ago. I just realised that my post could possibly be misconstrued. I said "at least 2 years ago".... in fact it was more than 3 years ago I really do not recall, or wish to state here, the exact dates (I don't want anyone IRL to recognise me)