I finally managed to get the therapist I've mentioned on the phone! Phew. Unfortunately she isn't taking new patients at the moment (maybe half a year from now, she said), but at least I got this over and done with. The next one on my list only accepts phone calls for fifteen minutes each Monday and Friday, as I just found out ... seriously, WTF. But at least it's in the afternoon this time. I hope I'll remember to give it a shot later today!

I always talk myself into thinking that I'm not really afraid of social interaction, but then I do something like this and discover that I am shaking. It's a fear I've got under control, I suppose ... that's why I can forget it's there. But if I hadn't been afraid, I doubt I would have felt so relieved that I shouted "I did it!" and felt the urge to brag to someone about it. XD