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Old Jul 02, 2008, 11:11 PM
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So my own therapist said she thought it would be helpful if i went to group therapy for social anxiety. Ive heard it before. I decided i was so sick of it all id try it hoping to change something. So ive been going for over two months now. Its every week for 12 weeks. In the first group one of the two therapists running it said there was an "outing" on the last group. This freaked me out considerably. I dont want to go places by myself(which is easier for me) being a part of a big obnoxious group as we all walk through the door. Yikes, no way. So i voiced this concern and was told it wasnt mandatory to go to the outing and that it would be okie by one of the two therapist. So tonight they brought it up again and i said i probably wasnt going. The other therapist said that i "had" too. Excuse me? I refused and i think i even in response to her trying to bully me in to something said i promise i wont be going. She started to say if you arent going to the outing then you might as well not....and didnt end it. I can see where she was going though. You might as well not even come to the rest. Im very upset over this. If it was such a big deal they should have been honest and told us from the start that the outing was mandatory. Do i go back next week and either complain or pretend it never happened or do i quit? Im really uncomfortable with this. It makes me so angry though, i mean sheesh i went for the last 2 months+!! Thats a lot of stress for me to do and then she dismisses it with a flick of her hand like it was nothing. I wish i would have left after week 1 like i wanted to but talked myself out of. I have no idea how i should handle this, any ideas?