I just won tickets to a concert and am agoraphobic. what can i do to help cope without meds?
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Well my first question would be why did you put in for the tickets if you knew this was your condition? Deep down you have to slowly face your fear when it comes to things like this. You should attend smaller functions with less amount of ppl such as church, the mall, or bar during happy hour. Then attend larger functions. Deep down I think you'll be ok. 10 tickets = 9 family and friends and yourself. Being around ppl you already know should help calm the anxiety. But have one or 2 friends to be with you at side to help support you overcome your fear.
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drugs and alcohol
give your tickets away & stay home :) Drink a few glasses of wine and have someone else drive you there.
make sure the tickets are valid and give me a few.. thanks.
E-Bay
don't worry the email was bogus there are no tickets First, are you sure this E-Mail wasn't a usual online scam?
As for the concert thing. Tell yourself how much you'll enjoy it and don't want to miss it. I mean come on, missing a cool concert because you're scared?
Here are some really good tips you might be able to use:
http://www.phobics-awareness.org/copingtechniques.htm
I hope you're able to go to the concert. :)
1. Maybe you can go with a close friend or family member so you'll feel more comfortable.
2. Check out the arena ahead of time if you can so you'll feel more comfortable there.
3. Sell the extra tickets on eBay, and use the $$ to go out to dinner with a friend.
Good Luck
Tell yourself that you will be safe and that you deserve to have some fun. When you get there, find the exits and know that if things get too much for you that you can just leave. You can find a corner someone to stand away from the crowds and still enjoy the concert. Do deep breathing, and tell yourself that you can leave any time you're not comfortable. mmmmm ok no meds, but what about drugs.
prepare for it start goin to places with small crowds.with your friends, then more up to bigger places, tell yourself your fine, no one is lookin at you, and concertrate on the music, dont drink itll make u more nevous, just go with good friends, make sure your near an exit so u know that if u panic you can get out, stay calm and have fun
From what I learned about social anxiety is, that you have a fear of people judging you when looking at you. Just realize that when people are looking at you its because of something they like about you. Most people that don't like somebody will look away.
Not to try to create a fear of people ignoring you but you will be just fine, and 99% of them are there to have a great time just like you!
Get really drunk, be loud, obnoxious, refuse to shower for one week, eat refried beans, baked beans and menudo for five days prior, smoke cigarettes, scratch your *** and fart like you do anyway and throw-up on people all around you
-or- don't go. Why would you want to see Kelly Clarkson anyway?
I have panic disorder when I drive the freeway. I also have a fear of heights. My suggestion is to medicate yourself. You are not going to enjoy yourself if you are sweating up a storm and having a panic attack. I don't see anything wrong with taking medication if it helps you avoid a meltdown. Don't overdo it though. You don't want to sleep through the performance. This reminds me of women who want to go through "natural" childbirth with no medication. Why torture yourself? There's nothing to prove. Life is short. Accept your limitations!! Enjoy yourself!! Is it going to matter 50 years from now if you took medication to enjoy a performance? Be kind to yourself! The rest of the tickets, I suppose, you could auction on eBay or give them away to friends, relatives, people at work. Congratulations by the way! If you really don't know 10 people, ask the 2 or 3 (or whatever) people you do invite to invite their friends. That will give you the opportunity to meet more people.
Being surrounded by your friends and the friends of friends won't produce as much anxiety as being surrounded by strangers.
Don't dwell on what might happen, concentrate on how great it will be to see Kelly Clarkson. Excuse me Ma'm . Why cope with this'without meds'?
You state you still do have the agoraphobia so the therapy isn't completed yet.Why you thinking of giving your meds up and throwing yourself into caos?
Does it sound logical to you?
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