Kirstin's Story: No place to stand

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The story of a young girl's struggle with social phobia from the time it surfaced when she was nine, through years of misconception, misunderstanding, misdiagnosis and plain mistiming, to her death ten years later is told by her mother with honest candour and admirable objectivity. There is higher awareness and recognition of social phobia and anxiety disorders generally, today, than there was in the nineteen eighties when this particular struggle was taking place. Parents, however, must still negotiate the same pitfalls and jump through the same hoops to get any understanding from schools, medical facilities, their communities, churches and even their families when a child falls victim to an anxiety disorder. Empathy is often non-existent and acceptance elusive.

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Submitted by: Jean
Submitted on: 24-Sep-2004