➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[ShrekDawg]

on a positive note it seems like you have no problem going in public to public places. I have that to the point of being on medication. It does not stop the anxiety and "agoraphobia" but it helps. Its really hard sometimes for me to go and do things outside of work cause i have to do that so be thankful of that it can be very debilitating at times

I’m sorry to hear that. That must be hard for sure. I’m definitely thankful I don’t have it cause it definitely sounds extremely difficult and debilitating

I’m definitely thankful that I’ve never really had issues with crowds or being in public or anything like that. I’m not sure what I would do if I did. That sounds extremely difficult. I do have some anxiety in other areas of my life but thankfully that is not one of them.

I can relate heavily. Every time I leave the house its a struggle.. I go for school and then I come home. It’s very hard to explain this anxiety to people who don’t deal with it every day.
I can’t stand grocery shopping.

That sounds extremely difficult. I’m sorry

I like love grocery shopping ha idk, I just like finding sales and getting my own food and stuff.

But I imagine that would be extremely difficult with that anxiety.

And I can’t imagine how hard it is to explain to other people or how many times you’ve probably heard to just get over it

While I don’t have agoraphobia or fear of being in public or anything like that, which I am thankful for, I do have anxiety in other areas, like talking on the phone and a few other things, so I do at least somewhat relate to the part about how hard it is to explain it to people. But I can’t imagine how much harder it would be to be afraid of being in public.

 

[ShrekDawg]

I’ll pay you to come to my house and cut fruit for me.
Bring the mango.

He’s never gonna forgive me for this one.

Same! I wish she could cut fruit for me haha

And awww. I’m sure he will!!!

 

[ShrekDawg]

Making black bean soup. IDK why I have a craving for bean soup when it's 80-some degrees out but just going with it. It has turkey kielbasa in it along with a pile of veggies so checking all the food groups off in one bowl. And plenty of cayenne. (So I won't get worms...)

That sounds delicious!! And good thing you won’t get worms.

 

[sdm111]

I can relate heavily. Every time I leave the house its a struggle.. I go for school and then I come home. It’s very hard to explain this anxiety to people who don’t deal with it every day.
I can’t stand grocery shopping.

yes it is hard to explain a feeling. Sweating, feeling like your gonna throw up, heart beating out your chest, and my fav feeling what i can best describe as "woozy" lol. Like your about to pass out. Not all the time but it can be amy one or combination of. Its weird too cause in my younger days i was always going places and talking to people. Not so much now. It sucks cause i want to do stuff. I know whats happening and cant do anything about it. Movies, malls nope. Walmart barely if i hug the sides and go in and out through the garden section. I have been to a few concerts but ONLY cause my wife wanted to go so i took her but wouldnt on my accord

 

[ShrekDawg]

yes it is hard to explain a feeling. Sweating, feeling like your gonna throw up, heart beating out your chest, and my fav feeling what i can best describe as "woozy" lol. Like your about to pass out. Not all the time but it can be amy one or combination of. Its weird too cause in my younger days i was always going places and talking to people. Not so much now. It sucks cause i want to do stuff. I know whats happening and cant do anything about it. Movies, malls nope. Walmart barely if i hug the sides and go in and out through the garden section. I have been to a few concerts but ONLY cause my wife wanted to go so i took her but wouldnt on my accord

That sounds awful.

And definitely weird it started later and especially if you were okay when younger. Did you have anything that triggered it? Sometimes that can be caused by certain events or having a bad experience somewhere or something, right? Maybe not, I might be remembering wrong.

Either way, I hope you can eventually find something that works for you

 

[BantyChooks]

yes it is hard to explain a feeling. Sweating, feeling like your gonna throw up, heart beating out your chest, and my fav feeling what i can best describe as "woozy" lol. Like your about to pass out. Not all the time but it can be amy one or combination of. Its weird too cause in my younger days i was always going places and talking to people. Not so much now. It sucks cause i want to do stuff. I know whats happening and cant do anything about it. Movies, malls nope. Walmart barely if i hug the sides and go in and out through the garden section. I have been to a few concerts but ONLY cause my wife wanted to go so i took her but wouldnt on my accord

Whoever invented concerts should be strung up. Especially ones held in the middle of other events. Navigating through a crowd of people while music is blaring so loud you can hear every note change in your chest? Not on my fun list.

 

[Tesumph]

yes it is hard to explain a feeling. Sweating, feeling like your gonna throw up, heart beating out your chest, and my fav feeling what i can best describe as "woozy" lol. Like your about to pass out. Not all the time but it can be amy one or combination of. Its weird too cause in my younger days i was always going places and talking to people. Not so much now. It sucks cause i want to do stuff. I know whats happening and cant do anything about it. Movies, malls nope. Walmart barely if i hug the sides and go in and out through the garden section. I have been to a few concerts but ONLY cause my wife wanted to go so i took her but wouldnt on my accord

Mental illness is hard to understand. Trying to explain the feeling of numbness to someone who’s never been depressed, or being so anxious that you thought you were dying, is crazy to someone who’s never felt like that.

I’ll get very anxious in crowds, but my panic tends to come before/leading up to going out in public.
Mind racing the night before an event, obsessively planning routes/plans for fear of being lost, knots in my stomach to the point of throwing up or going long periods without eating. Stupid stuff like that.
Last minute plans make me irrationally flip out. Something that hubby has had to learn.. quickly. Bless that man.

 

[Kiki]

I’ll pay you to come to my house and cut fruit for me.
Bring the mango.

He’s never gonna forgive me for this one.

I will charge you one grandpa dog to come hand feed you.

 

[Conan]

I’ll smell like dog all the time, but hey, what’s new?

Mr. T is at the vet right now getting his dental cleaning. I won’t see him until tomorrow morning.
I’m holding it together but my mind is playing nasty games. Been reading too many damn horror stories about old Goldens.

How old is he? My old golden lived to be 16. We never took him to the vet once. He was the best dog.

 

[sdm111]

Mental illness is hard to understand. Trying to explain the feeling of numbness to someone who’s never been depressed, or being so anxious that you thought you were dying, is crazy to someone who’s never felt like that.

I’ll get very anxious in crowds, but my panic tends to come before/leading up to going out in public.
Mind racing the night before an event, obsessively planning routes/plans for fear of being lost, knots in my stomach to the point of throwing up or going long periods without eating. Stupid stuff like that.
Last minute plans make me irrationally flip out. Something that hubby has had to learn.. quickly. Bless that man.

leading up to going out, yep
Its really hard for me to eat in public