Don't Panic

[dakyon]

I get anxiety over the stupidest little things. Ordering food. Pumping gas. Basically any public action, whether or not I have to interact with people. I'm under a constant fear that I'm going to screw up or do something stupid, and these thoughts are my obsession. In the back of my mind it would be catastrophic for this to happen, but just the

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[queenlyzard]

*nods* I know how you feel as far as panicking over the little things. Oddly enough, I've found that it helps me to imagine things going completely wrong. For instance, what if my suitcase came open in the middle of the airport and spilled everything? It's usually not all that bad, once you think about it. I leave enough time that I could put things back together if something like that happened, and while I might get a few weird looks, I've seen stuff like this happen often enough to know that most onlookers would be sympathetic. Even if someone did get pissy with me, I'd know it was them being an asshole, and not something wrong with me. Knowing all that, I'm no longer worried about it happening