I almost always get panic attacks when I go grocery shopping. It's rare that I don't. I also have bad germaphobia and freak out about getting germs.

Whenever I go to my therapy office, I use their hand sanitizer because they have some. Grocery stores don't have them. I have carried my own hand sanitizer in the past, but people touch all sorts of things on the shelf and they put their germs on it, and it's just not reasonable to keep using hand sanitizer after every time I pick something off the shelf. I could use gloves, but honestly, people will stare at me for doing that, and that's an uncomfortable feeling.

I'm also scared of getting hit by a car in the parking lot, or losing my keys, or having my credit cards get declined on me when I'm at the register (and then what? then I have to go home and come back and face all the people again). I'm also stressed out by too much stimulation. It's overwhelming. Sounds, lights, people, machines, smells, endless shelves of things...