Posted by Oddzilla on July 13, 2000, at 12:43:35
I can't post unless I start a new thread,so I put this here.
I filled out the survey but at the end reconsidered and did not submit it.
I thought the specific dates for onset of the various social anxieties were impossible to specify.I don't know the difference in mailing lists and newsgroups. Do they want to include IMs in e-mail or ICQ? Also I don't remember a question about how long people had been using the internet. I would think that patterns of usage would change with time.
Why did they want to know all the various medications prescribed and herbal products bought? There was no time frame or questions about what was helpful. I felt like I was filling out a marketing survey. And that was ultimately why I decided not to participate. I have mixed feelings about the onslaught of ads for various medicines, the Paxil ads for social anxiety in particular.
I would be interested in knowing who funded the study.
At the same time I would love to hear the personal internet experiences of people who might be described as socially phobic. I would share mine but then I would either have to change my name or quit posting. Fear of cyber intimacy?!
Cass your post was interesting. I've always thought of you as outgoing. Best wishes O.
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