tw for mentions of being sick!!
I have had anxiety since I was little and got diagnosed around when I started high school, going out has always been tough for me and eventually led to me leaving school early. I've had panic attacks and similar, less intense physical reactions to anxiety for as long as I can remember but recently it's been making me throw up, it's horrible, causes me pain and leaves me stuck in bed for two days barely able to get up to use the bathroom. It's always hard to remember that you're not alone in these sort of situations and that other people are going through the same thing.
In this year so far I have been sick from anxiety 5 times, most recently on my birthday a couple weeks ago. It doesn't sound like much but it gets really frustrating as I already barely go out and do things already, and now whenever I have plans I have to cancel right then and there because I've gotten out of the car and been sick. At first, I thought it was linked to my lactose intolerance or travel sickness but now it is clear it's anxiety.
I currently have plans to go to four concerts next week. I'm super excited but also really scared that I'll throw up at the first one and not recover in time to go to the others. If theres any little mind tricks that has helped anyone with similar situations it'd be greatly appreciated, I've tried breathing exercises and just telling myself "You don't feel sick" over and over but in the end the anxiety wins.
Thank you for reading this it felt really good to get out : )