Forget several days, I regularly stay inside the house for weeks at a time. And even if I do go out, it’s almost never alone or for very long.. aside from occasionally going to the store with my mother, and an annual trip to my best friend’s.. I don’t go anywhere. It’s not just that I have no desire to go anywhere, I’m becoming increasingly paranoid of people looking at me or daring to speak to me, though I feel like there’s not much more it could increase by this point.. I also live in a place where crime rates aren’t good,, and thinking about going out only to get robbed, abducted, killed, or raped does not help the paranoia.. I think about all this stuff the entire time I’m outside, even when I’m doing something else it’s still in the back of my mind almost constantly
i kinda have the same experience before, it was pandemic time where i was scared to see even my neighbours. so what i did was to go out, even scared, but not really long. just go easy on yourself, try to interact slowly even if you're scared. but dont wonder at night.
I will say that he pandemic definitely factored into the start of this spiral… I had never spent that much time at home before, and I found out I actually really liked it… I wasn’t really anxious about getting sick until more recently though, and I guess that’s because I’m more anxious about basically everything involving outside now. The thing the pandemic was a catalyst for making much worse was my social anxiety and hyper awareness of other people.. I still feel like I’ll catch something viral in any crowd
hey, i really don’t want to sound patronizing or anything but i’ve felt a lot like this for a very long time and, even if it’s gonna sound kind of boring, what help me the most was therapy… i know, not really the answer people want to here but i’ve learned there that i suffered from very bad social anxiety and i’m currently learning how to live with it so that it doesn’t consume my entire life. again, i don’t want this to feel like i’m giving life lessons but tell me if you want to hear more about it cause what you’re experiencing is not out of the ordinary and there are real steps you can take to get out of the endless circle of fear :)
I feel the same way. I go to college twice a week only for like an hour (bc the rest of my classes are online) and I go to the store with my grandma every once in a while and the theme park about once a month bc we have annual passes but that’s literally it tbh I like it tho. Like I have everything I need at home, why would I want to go anywhere?
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i kinda have the same experience before, it was pandemic time where i was scared to see even my neighbours. so what i did was to go out, even scared, but not really long. just go easy on yourself, try to interact slowly even if you're scared. but dont wonder at night.
I will say that he pandemic definitely factored into the start of this spiral… I had never spent that much time at home before, and I found out I actually really liked it… I wasn’t really anxious about getting sick until more recently though, and I guess that’s because I’m more anxious about basically everything involving outside now. The thing the pandemic was a catalyst for making much worse was my social anxiety and hyper awareness of other people.. I still feel like I’ll catch something viral in any crowd
hey, i really don’t want to sound patronizing or anything but i’ve felt a lot like this for a very long time and, even if it’s gonna sound kind of boring, what help me the most was therapy… i know, not really the answer people want to here but i’ve learned there that i suffered from very bad social anxiety and i’m currently learning how to live with it so that it doesn’t consume my entire life. again, i don’t want this to feel like i’m giving life lessons but tell me if you want to hear more about it cause what you’re experiencing is not out of the ordinary and there are real steps you can take to get out of the endless circle of fear :)
It’s almost 2 months since I’ve been outside of my house…
Just realized I somehow made this about me. I apologize. It’s just that your situation is relatable
I don’t really feel any kind of way about it enough to be sensitive dw
I feel the same way. I go to college twice a week only for like an hour (bc the rest of my classes are online) and I go to the store with my grandma every once in a while and the theme park about once a month bc we have annual passes but that’s literally it tbh I like it tho. Like I have everything I need at home, why would I want to go anywhere?
That might seem like a lot now, but back before I started college, I took a gap year and I don’t think I went anywhere for like a month at a time