Joined: 03 Jun 2006 Posts: 3 Location: Philadelphia PA
Public Anxieties Posted: 06-04-06 15:26pm
I don't know if this would be considered
some sort of phobia or not,but as time
goes on I get more and more anxious from
having too many people near me.
I grew up in the country basically but
kept ending up in bigger towns to now
where I live in a city area and am more
anxious than ever. Basically I just can't
stand things like traffic jams or crowding
of any kind. Even when I go to the
supermarket and there's too many people
crowding me I get anxious and irritable.
I don't really have panic attacks but I do
become irritable.
I don't know how much of it had to do with
growing up in new jersey,the most densely
populated state in the country,but I have
heard of people from nearby new york just
up and moving to places like alaska
because they probably couldn't stand it
anymore.
I don't know whether it'd be considered a
form of claustrophobia,but basically it's
starting to affect my marriage. Summer is
the worst for me because people come out
of the woodwork and there's just crowds
and parades and festivals everywhere. I'm
probably not much of a fun person because
of this. I don't really want to take meds
for it because I feel it interfere with my
natural feelings. That'd be like changing
my personality when what I really want to
do is change my location.
