Well Peachy, One year ago when you were diagnosed with pd, your neuro suggested that you attend a group for the newly diagnosed, this group was for people who had discovered that they had pd with in the last 1 to 5 years (god bless their souls) So peachy, says to the neuoro, will this freak me out,( as really i am so scared) Neuro, please  tell me  will i be the youngest person there, will l cry, will i be able to handle this? WILL I BE SCARED???   Neuro says, yes peachy you will be fine, you will learn things. Peachy  goes along.  drives into the carpark , parks the car, looks around , everyone is so much older than her, wow at least 20 years older.. Peachy you dont belong she tells herself,,, but at the same time, peachy you do belong   (gosh dont you love how i speak in the 3rd person, and tell it like a storey, makes it easier to distance myself)  so then she goes in to the seminar.  The seminar goes for around 3 hours... Peachy lasts for about 1/2 an hour ) no one there to support her , and her fears.  Seminar ... eeek, very very scary. No need to go there with what l learned in that quick 1/2 hour..  Peachy runs to the toilets , not coping with what she has learned.. Now one year later  im thinking about going to a support meeting for people with pd this weekend, and i have sort of put myself down for it,  and Im so scared, to do this ,,,,, it will be like facing what l have , right in the face.  I know i will be the youngest person there.   I know this is my future... Im scared to look at it, ,,, and also at the same  I need the support.   Has anyone guessed here that im one of the most scared people here on the planet. Do you think i should go to this meeting???   SHIT!!! I have twice in my silent , mentioning way tried to say my fears to my partner, and a friend, but they did not hear me. I have always been to brave , never asked for help, so now when i try to timidly creep the fears that i have into a conversation, it seems like no-one hears me...  does any one understand what i mean there.. i start a conversation with something like, oh dear im worried about i have to do  this................ and then the person im having the converstion goes into thier own dramas, of which i support totally, and they forget  the issues that i have brought up,, so i just let it go, and keep it for myself. i tried twice this week to discuss my fears , with my partner and a friend, and it didnt work  Sometimes i feel all i have here is DS...