what are yours??
i can get to school and work no problem... but going anywhere else is an intense emotional drama that has to be worked though with effort...
also random things like burning man or intense places with non-realistic type settings are easy and require no thought to attend...
more of a partial agoraphobia?
just wanted to bring back life to this tribe and see what other members views are...
where they have come from
or where they are going....
i like not leaving the house... tee-hee
i can get to school and work no problem... but going anywhere else is an intense emotional drama that has to be worked though with effort...
also random things like burning man or intense places with non-realistic type settings are easy and require no thought to attend...
more of a partial agoraphobia?
just wanted to bring back life to this tribe and see what other members views are...
where they have come from
or where they are going....
i like not leaving the house... tee-hee
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Re: safe zones
Fri, June 4, 2004 - 4:32 AMI can go to relatives homes by car , I can go out but need an escort (useually hubby or my inlaws ) & I have found it much easier since we have the bigger car , as this has now become a safe zone ! I can manage about an hour away from the/a safe zone without going to pieces I do prefer to stay within the confines of my house and garden !
Biggy at the weekend though as we are going to a festival (tattoo) in Kent ! I have managed the local one where I knew lots of people & I know a few through the inter net that we will see there , I can always escape to the car if it gets too much . It will take me about a week to recover but I'm sure it will be worth it ! if you don't try you don't know ! -
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Re: safe zones
Wed, June 9, 2004 - 11:57 PMWell I managed ok at the festival with alot of help , but I have been realy poorly since , even the back garden is a trial at the moment !
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Thu, June 10, 2004 - 11:53 PMI can go places as long as I am with a trusted family member or friend, that I know won't hold a grudge if I need them to take me home. I can't drive for other medical reasons. I'm still unable to work, and I hate that but I'm working on it. Most days I can go outside without a problem but I have a hard time crowds. -
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Mon, January 31, 2005 - 6:33 AMMy safe zones are the car and the house -- period. I do however have to go out and hunt for antiques (Biz) on the weekends: flea markets, garage sales, etc, and they feel safe for this reason: there are a lot of people around and I'm by myself cuz I gotta move quick, but the moving quickly is what staves off the horrors of all the people -- they don't have time to judge me or even get a close look at me for that matter. I can feel safe if I'm on the move in a place where stationary people are paying attention to others and not me! At least that's what me Shrink and I figured out LOL. Static crowds, like a work environment -- FORGET IT -- I'd be in a bathroom stall all day. -
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 5:37 AMI do ok at tatto shows for the reason , they are full of people just like me & nobody is pretending to something they arn't , going about their buisness , I always have an escort with me in any case as if I do have a panic attack I pass out , and come round disorientated . I can't manage to go anywhere on my own
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Re: safe zones
Wed, February 23, 2005 - 11:18 PMYes. Car and house are okay...and moving quickly...You have it like me...wanting to be unseen...invisible. What is up with that? Why do you feel uncomfortable around people in static situations? I want to understand this better.
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Re: safe zones
Sat, February 26, 2005 - 11:25 PMYeahhh that moving quick thing!
I can't stand going anywhere with people cz you get into slomo
& it ddrrraaagggsss on & my mind goes somewhere else then I look a lil dumbed up to people.
I think I'm as shocked by the mudanity & commoness of people as by the betrayals & traumas that sent me into my own lil world
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Re: safe zones
Fri, September 24, 2004 - 5:38 PMAs long as transport is private (mom or taxi) and it's all planned out, i can go almost anywhere. but so far, the grocery store in the early morn (btwn 5:30 & 7 am) and long drives w/ mom are most tollerable. i'm working towards more. -
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Re: safe zones
Thu, February 24, 2005 - 1:21 AMI can't do public transport , or go in other peoples cars , my in laws & other family members/V close friends cars are ok , but for a journey of any length it has to be ours ! I have another tattoo festival to go to in a couple of weeks in Manchester so it's a long haul BUT my middle son lives in Oldham which is not too far so I wont have to go strait from long journey to festival as that has been known to be just too traumatic we have also arranged to meet alot of people I know so that'll help too as they are all aware that I'm a tad strange .
I have recently noticed that I can cope better if hanging on to my grandsons pushchair ! the counciler recons it's my protective maternal instinct kicking in but I don't dare try it without an escort ....(yet )
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