Anxiety Growing Because I'm Going In An Unfamiliar Area.

[Sazza]

You did great even folks without PTSD feel unsettled in unfamiliar situations and environments but for us PTSD sufferers the anxiety is often off scale. It took alot of courage but you did it, justvremember that in future when your struggling that you can do it. Well done for coping in a hard situation. Massive pat on the back.

 

[GhostedGirl]

I also have a very serious problem with anxiety when I'm in an unfamiliar area. I recently was chosen to have my art exhibited in a showcase in Seattle (I live in Oregon) and I will be there for two days. Luckily I have friends around me who understand my issues, so I have a friend traveling with me. But before I arranged that I was terrified. It's a really big event with upwards of 500 people.I kept replaying these awful scenarios in my head where I would get raped in the bathroom by some stranger. I feel much better now that I know I have someone coming with me.