The Anxiety Thread

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  • danavelling
    danavelling Posts: 1,224 Member
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    Crowds...hands down the worst
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
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    The double drive thru lanes at Mcdonald's.
    Brings out my competitiveness but gives me anxiety too.
  • cdlee4
    cdlee4 Posts: 507 Member
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    honeybee__12 wrote: »
    The double drive thru lanes at Mcdonald's.
    Brings out my competitiveness but gives me anxiety too.

    Worker: "So, i have a double cheeseburger, fries, medi...."
    Me: "THERE'S NO TIME! *punches gas to accelerate 10 feet to ensure i get my spot in line before the car ordering at the other drive thru lane"
  • honeybee__12
    honeybee__12 Posts: 15,688 Member
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    @cdlee4
    Yes!!!!!!!!! :D
  • Vikka_V
    Vikka_V Posts: 9,563 Member
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    Crowds, especially when lots of people are talking, I feel like I can equally hear all the conversations.
    Sensory overload.
    I have to close my eyes to try to get away.
    Right now.
  • Mr_Healthy_Habits
    Mr_Healthy_Habits Posts: 12,588 Member
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    Crowds use to freak me out back when I was heavy... But these days I kinda like being in a crowd, or a sea of people...

    But crowded parking lots suck *kitten*... Especially in the bay area
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,866 Member
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    Used to have panic attacks in large crowds when I was younger. The kind where your throat was closing. Learned to really detach from that, to start looking at people as just.. Moving obstacles. My way of coping is apparently not to look at people on the street, headphones in. I'm so used to the crowds now it's like navigating the same field of debris every morning.

    Also I suck at remembering people's names when they introduce themselves because I am so focused on shaking hands properly and making eye contact and saying my name clearly, that my mind sorta doesn't even find place to store their names in all that.

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