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Just Wondering If Anyone Else Has The Same Thing

Treevey134777

Hi,

Just a quick question. It keeps popping up in my head, especially at this time of year. Well, actually two questions. 

1) With Halloween coming up, I’m getting overwhelming anxiety as I have severe anxiety with people knocking on my door. I get shaky and can barely answer the door when someone knocks, even the postman and delivery people, I get so anxious sometimes I don’t answer and let them leave them in the safe space. Does anyone else have this? What can I do about it for Halloween?

2) With it coming up to Christmas, (it happens all the time, but Christmas is a trigger) does a you else get anxiety about visiting other people’s houses. Like I get anxious about the thought of having to go to someone else’s house that isn’t my house, my mam’s house or Nana’s house. They’re the only ones I can deal with going to. When I get there, after forcing myself to, I won’t accept food, drinks or anything, I kind of freeze up. I won’t move from my seat or anything. This has happened since I was little. We used to go visit my dad’s friends in various parts of the North East, and my sisters would bounce in happily to see them and accept hot chocolates, biscuits and everything and I’d just say ‘no thank you’ the whole time, even if I did fancy something they offered. 

I haven’t found any answers to what I’m looking for, I’ve resorted to calling it Threshold Anxiety/Syndrome. Not sure what else to call it. But it’s the same when I go to unfamiliar places like shops, community centres, medical places like hospitals, doctors, well-being places. Just wondered if anyone has the same things and what they call it. I put both questions together because I feel like they’re linked. I’m not comfortable going to other places, and I’m not comfortable with people coming into my place. Get what I mean?

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  • Do people knock on your door if you don't have decorations up? It may just be that my area has a few very religious, halloween is a festival of satan, families, but growing up it was always the case that you absolutely don't knock on doors that don't have obvious decorations up.

    If this is a problem for your residence, have you considered doing the good old leaving a bucket/ bowl of sweets by the door. Preferably with a sign saying how much to take (if some take more then that's on them not you). No interaction, and they shouldn't knock if they can get the treats another way.

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  • Do people knock on your door if you don't have decorations up? It may just be that my area has a few very religious, halloween is a festival of satan, families, but growing up it was always the case that you absolutely don't knock on doors that don't have obvious decorations up.

    If this is a problem for your residence, have you considered doing the good old leaving a bucket/ bowl of sweets by the door. Preferably with a sign saying how much to take (if some take more then that's on them not you). No interaction, and they shouldn't knock if they can get the treats another way.

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