lam0037
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- May 30, 2014
Hey y'all!
At the age of 16, I was diagnosed with severe social anxiety, panic disorder and mild depression. This was pretty much under control until my father passed away October 2012, which exasperated everything. I was diagnosed with MDD and was having panic attacks daily. It's better now but often changes in plan and little things can still send me into a full blown panic attack.
This fall, I am taking a solo trip to Disney on the anniversary of his death because it is just too hard to be at home. But I'm very nervous about this. Normally we drive, but my anxiety has kept me from getting a license so I will have to fly by myself, which I have never done before (solo, I have flown before). And then, it will be navigating Disney for the first time by myself without someone else there to help calm me down when I'm about to have a panic attack.
Does anyone have any tips about navigating an airport and Disney with anxiety? The thought of having a panic attack at Disney by myself is starting to give me panic attacks (oh, the vicious circle)
At the age of 16, I was diagnosed with severe social anxiety, panic disorder and mild depression. This was pretty much under control until my father passed away October 2012, which exasperated everything. I was diagnosed with MDD and was having panic attacks daily. It's better now but often changes in plan and little things can still send me into a full blown panic attack.
This fall, I am taking a solo trip to Disney on the anniversary of his death because it is just too hard to be at home. But I'm very nervous about this. Normally we drive, but my anxiety has kept me from getting a license so I will have to fly by myself, which I have never done before (solo, I have flown before). And then, it will be navigating Disney for the first time by myself without someone else there to help calm me down when I'm about to have a panic attack.
Does anyone have any tips about navigating an airport and Disney with anxiety? The thought of having a panic attack at Disney by myself is starting to give me panic attacks (oh, the vicious circle)