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Ralph,
 
This is a great start!  Take it one day at a time and slowly plan your exposure.  You may want to be the first one out in the courtyard on a beautiful day, this will force people to come up to you and seek you out, you will have the upper hand and the control.
 

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   I am disappointed with myself because I did not leave the apartment yesterday. It was a nice day down here in Arizona(75 degrees) and I didn't even take advantage of it. One thing was there were alot of people out in the courtyard, that I know and know what happened and I haven't spoken to them, since it happened. I don't know, it is hard to confront them again, especially the first time. It also seems like I am having a harder time getting motivated during this recovery. Last 2 times ,I was out riding my bike, taking the dog for walks, working on things I knew would help my recovery right away. Just seems to be more difficult this time to get started and I am not sure why. It is not like I am laying around saying"woe is me", I mean I'm fixing meals, doing laundry, cleaning the place. Just don't want to seem to leave it. Anyways, set up some things for today that will force me to at least get my bike fixed and go for a ride, so I will start with that and see what happens from there. I seem to do fine once I get out and about, it is just taking that first step to get out!

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