To preface, i do have some trauma, regarding two separate incidents that happened years ago and years apart, but since the last i have found it difficult to be outside sober without getting very anxious about my safety.
Walking past anyone, the potential of locking eyes or the potential of random people talking to me are things i worry about or become almost fixated on regardless of who they are and who im with. I cant just walk down a street, even busy ones without being hyper vigilant.
Has anyone ever gotten over this kind of anxiety? If so, how?
(Ive been to therapy and I’ve already processed a lot of what happened, but i still get this anxiety when leaving the house or just being outside in the streets)
I imagine you already have but have you tried sun glasses and headphones? I find the headphones usually give me an out of most conversations and even though sunglasses typically get me more looks I don’t feel as awkward about making eye contact
