Posted by Cass on July 12, 2000, at 18:09:38
In reply to Social Anxiety and the Internet Study at Temple U., posted by Dr. Bob on July 12, 2000, at 15:35:51
> Hi, everyone,
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> I thought I'd pass this on. And I'd be interested in any thoughts you had on this, too...
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> Bob
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Dear Dr. Bob,I participated in the survey. It is extremely long. I didn't fill out approximately the last 1/8th of the survey. I was just too burnt out. Also, they want you to identify the month and year in which certain anxieties began. Since many of my anxieties began during childhood, I am hard pressed to remember the year, much less the month, but perhaps they realize that. I would have liked to make a particular comment about chat rooms, and I never got the chance to specifically do so. That is, when I first started going to chat rooms, I realized that I could just say anything; it could be silly, off the wall, or possibly stupid, and no one would ever know who I was. (Sometimes I overanalyze what I'm going to say, and convince myself that it is stupid.) So I consciously decided to stop overananlyzing myself while I was in chat rooms. Since then, the positive feedback I've had in response to my participation in chat rooms has boosted my confidence, and consequently, I am now more confident and open expressing myself with people face to face. This has been one of the most beneficial things for me in terms of socializing online (besides the wonderful people I've found at PsychoBabble!)
I'm not knocking the test. I'm glad I participated. There were just some little things that annoyed me about it. There's my feedback!!
Cass
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