Thread: High Anxiety!
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Old Mar 29, 2014, 08:06 PM
Anonymous100305
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Hi Alison: Thanks for commenting on my post! Actually, this has been going on literally for years and years. Sometimes it's not so bad. Sometimes it's quite bad. Today was bad because this was the 1st nice day we've had so far this year, weather-wise. As a result, everyone was out & the streets & stores were packed.

I don't have any problem being out in general. I take our dog for 2 walks a day every day in all kinds of weather. But, of course, we're basically alone for the most part. Occasionally we'll meet up with another dog & its owner. Some I've gotten to know a little bit & we'll stop & chat for a short time.

So it's just being out & about in crowds of people that sends me over the edge... the bigger the crowd, the further over the edge I go. I never go to movies, concerts, the state fair, or anything like that. And you wouldn't catch me anywhere near a shopping mall during the Christmas shopping season!

So, in general, I just know what I can tolerate & what I can't. And I do the things I can & I don't do things that make me uneasy. But sometimes, like today, I just have to suck it up & do something I know is going to hurt. So that's what I do.
Thanks for this!
Gus1234U