Posted on Jan 24, 2017
Do crowds make you anxious? What size crowd is too big?
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Anything more than myself is considered a crowd...and I am not a fan of crowds at all!
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Some times my wife makes statements that she regrets not really making any good friends here in Pocatello. Oh sure, she has business associates she gets along with well enough......but she misses the friendship she has with people back in our hometown of Omaha. As for me......I'm rather content to go home after work and stay indoors for the night.
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Let's put it this way. My wife learned that we need to do our grocery shopping early in the morning as the crowds at Wal-Mart can get big enough to where my anxiety and anger gets larger and larger. And as for county fairs.....those crowds are WAY too big for me. But, I tough it out as best I can for the sake of my wife and kids having a good time while we are there. To say nothing of the fact that my hand is never too far from the knives on my hip and in the pocket.
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Any thing larger than me makes me anxious. I need to know far enough in advance when my wife wants to go out so I can play it over in my mind to prepare for the "event". It is pure hell!
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