tonight I am going to a concet. I’m not worried about getting sick as it is outdoors at a stadium. But concerts tend to make me a little nervous. Once I’m there I’m usually fine but it’s the anticipation. Also one of my friends may stay over my apartment. I’m close with her but we don’t see each other often and her staying over is making me anxious for some reason which I know is stupid.
I apologize for always posting about experiences making me anxious. I don’t want my anxiety to hold me back in life and so I try to push through it and continue to do things I want to do. I don’t want my anxiety to keep me from having these experiences.
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This is exactly what I’m going through in terms of pushing through, not avoiding what makes me anxious. I drove to my therapists office for the first time since Covid started. I hope you have a good time at the concert.
I get it about having a friend over, I get the same way even if I’m really close to someone when an event comes up I just get anticipation anxiety and fear that it will be like weird somehow. But it’s usually goes ok. Or better than ok.
Let us know how your time goes?
p.s. I am having anticipation anxiety for my online meeting with a foster parent to two kitties I may adopt. I’ll try to not focus on that I will meet a stranger but on the kitties I will meet. Something that helps is watching Accident &Emergency shows because if they are getting through all of that then I can too.
I am so proud of you for going to your therapist in person for the first time since covid!! I hope it went well. And that is so exciting about the kitties! Focus on how much love and comfort they will bring you.
Thank you for your support you are amazing! Please let me know how your meeting goes!
"I apologize for always posting about experiences making me anxious."
This is kinda what we do here.
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This is what support groups are all about. (although I struggle at times talking about myself, but that's because I'm still trying to get used to the online setting)
"I’m close with her but we don’t see each other often and her staying over is making me anxious for some reason which I know is stupid. "
Look at it like this.. If your friend stays over, you are doing your friend a favor by letting her rest after the concert, and being able to drive home more refreshed tomorrow.
Daisy425 you are so brave to push through your anxiety. I agree that we cannot let anxiety prevent us from doing things we want to do. I sometimes struggle with just leaving the house, then driving. I hate driving on the freeway - so stressful! But I work to breathe through it. I cannot let the anxiety win.
I get the same feelings of anxiety in the days leading up to an event like a concert. I think its because of the crowd I expect. Although I’m sure the concerts I attend are probably at smaller venues it still gets my anxiety way up!
I hope you had a great time and enjoyed the concert and spending time with your friend!!
Personally, I like when people post about their anxieties because I’m glad knowing I’m not alone. Plus, there are anxieties some of us have overcome and can help pull others through. So please don’t be shy ☺️
I really like the advice about focusing on the help you are giving to your friend, rather than whether it might be awkward. Plus, it’s cute you are having a sleepover. ✌🏼
You're doing good by not letting your anxiety stop you from doing things and pushing through it. A lot of my anxiety was social anxiety and once I realized that I started learning all about it and how wrong it had made my perceptions of how people perceived me and how I perceived them and I started changing my thinking and relationship with it. After doing that it got easier and more productive pushing through things and doing purposely doing exposure therapy.
good for you. If you are interested you might check out Sebastiaan of Social Anxiety Solutions on youtube, i've watched his videos and think his approach makes a lot of sense and a lot of people seem to benefit from "tapping" as a way to deal with the intense anxious feelings. I have done emdr which is kind of like tapping and the emdr works for me.
I don't know if I have mentioned this before, but one of the things I came across was how much low-self-worth contributes and even causes social anxiety. It made a lot of sense to me because I knew I was shy but had not realized I had low-self-worth but I definitely did. There are some good books on it as well as good info on youtube about it. I particularly like Julia Kristina, Bernadette Logue and Dr. Bernadette Sewell, I did her Break Free program.
I totally relate, but remember this- you are ok, and you'll be ok. And everything is ok right now. ✅️ Have fun, and I think that you should be proud of yourself for dealing with your anxiety and going! That's amazing! 👏 👏 👏
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