That sounds really tough, Lon. I'm glad that you made it through and worked all of that out for yourself.

I did something a little bit similar, I think, when I forced myself to seek out chances to read my fiction in front of groups. I felt that it was important to do that in order to help my writing career, so I forced myself to do it and to get better at it. Now those situations don't feel so out of control as they once did, and I actually enjoy doing it.

Anyway; good for you, man.