For Those Who Stayed Home

For those who found reasons, or excuses… for those who felt like they wanted to but couldn’t, and for those who felt like they couldn’t do it for a million dollars, this is for you.

If you didn’t make it to Thanksgiving dinner, you are not alone. Anxiety about an event which grows into either a panic attack or overwhelming fear of an attack is not uncommon. It is a feeling thousands of people know, including myself. It may be labeled as agoraphobia or social anxiety or something else, but the cause (uncontrolled anxiety and panic) is the same.

The anxiety may be over something very concrete (“I’m a vegan and this is a meat and potatoes party”) or it may be more vague (“I’m afraid to go somewhere new, I don’t know what to expect”). Either way, it grows like weeds in an otherwise beautiful lawn. And it grows and grows and grows until you have no memory of how this started nor any idea on how to end it.

I still get Party Anxiety Disorder, but I have learned ways to cope using breathing and imagery and I now get to at least some of the social events I’m invited to. I do breathwork before and during a party, meditation and guided imagery before and after.

I plan to write more in the coming weeks about this condition and ways to change/cope. In the meantime, please send me your questions or comments to timeinyogajax@gmail.com.

And remember, you are not the only one. You are not alone.

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