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Saturday, November 29, 2014
Sunday, November 9, 2014
catching up
Usually I try to space out any high anxiety / social events in my life. I might have something planned one weekend and because of that make sure nothing else is planned for the days or even weeks around it so I won't get overwhelmed, so I'll have time to prepare before, to recover after. Which makes sense, but it's also something I want to change, because the end result is that I don't do all that much. Or miss out on something I really want to do because I'm already doing something else around that time, and I worry doing both will be too much to handle.
In the past couple months, I scheduled a whole bunch of things close together. Mostly because a bunch of things came up all at once that I really wanted to do. I could have skipped some of them and almost did, but I decided I wanted to see if I could get through it all (while still having a good time).
It was a complete success! I did all of the above without any serious anxiety attacks. There were of course moments of panic, but they were brief. For the most part, it was just excitement and happiness and fun. So much fun. They were all amazing experiences, and I am glad I didn't miss a single one of them.
Now it's starting to get colder (I think it may have even snowed a bit already), so I'm not feeling like going out as much. Although the dance performance was so amazing, I am thinking about seeing The Nutcracker ballet in December.
I've been considering moving this blog over to tumblr. I finally got into that website this year and have been spending a lot of time over there. It seems like it has more of an emetophobia community. Also, the formatting on this site has always driven me crazy. But I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do yet. I might just post my updates both places.
In the past couple months, I scheduled a whole bunch of things close together. Mostly because a bunch of things came up all at once that I really wanted to do. I could have skipped some of them and almost did, but I decided I wanted to see if I could get through it all (while still having a good time).
- 9/11-9/12: An author I love gave two different lectures in a nearby town. I attended both and even got up the nerve to introduce myself and small-talk with the author a little bit.
- 9/14: I went to a pride parade/festival in a city that is about a 2 hour drive away.
- 9/20: I checked out a smaller festival in my town (fall-themed).
- 9/27: I helped out with registration for an event at my old college.
- 10/4: One of my favorite musicians was performing in the same city where the pride parade was, so I couldn't miss that. I got to meet them too! They were hanging around before the show, talking to fans.
- 10/18: I went to see a dance performance in a nearby city.
It was a complete success! I did all of the above without any serious anxiety attacks. There were of course moments of panic, but they were brief. For the most part, it was just excitement and happiness and fun. So much fun. They were all amazing experiences, and I am glad I didn't miss a single one of them.
Now it's starting to get colder (I think it may have even snowed a bit already), so I'm not feeling like going out as much. Although the dance performance was so amazing, I am thinking about seeing The Nutcracker ballet in December.
I've been considering moving this blog over to tumblr. I finally got into that website this year and have been spending a lot of time over there. It seems like it has more of an emetophobia community. Also, the formatting on this site has always driven me crazy. But I'm not entirely sure what I'm going to do yet. I might just post my updates both places.
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