Has anybody just fled a room?
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Ravens
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A lot of people I've spoken to (including my sister who suffered from a mix of emetophobia/agoraphobia) have said they've fled from situations which make them uncomfortable. And while I've felt the desire to leave, I've always thought doing so would definitely make me stand out and I'd get a lot of attention... to the point where I wouldn't be confident to return in case they think "oh there's that guy who ran out for no apparent reason". So I tend to sit there with stupid thoughts bubbling inside my head instead. Kind of wish I could flee lol.
SickCycleCarousel
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I actually haven't gone out in public in...well it's been so long I don't remember the last time I went somewhere. I'm talking about going into stores and whatnot. When I do leave the house I just sit in the car.
Pink_Paula
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When i first started seeing my boyfriend we went to a pub and it was really busy, i got all panicky and wanted out, i tried to hold it together but the panic attack just took over and i ended up running out of there and straight back home! Luckily my bf was really cool about it i was terrified i had messed things up!
Pink_Paula
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Aw that's not too bad, I think everyone profiled me already in the usps haha
I know it's not to bad, but at the time i felt like a right idiot lol
Pink_Paula
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That's how i felt, i thought i had ruined my chances with my bf i was sure he'd think i was to much of a loon to bother with, i guess i got lucky though
Panic attacks are evil things though, i wish i never had them!
Pink_Paula
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Aw, he got lucky with you Paula!
Awww thank you for saying that *blushes*
Lol that's what i want to do as well, if i'm not close to home i want to hide behind someone i know I think my friends are used to it by now hehe
Bama_Heath
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This happens to me as well. Specifically when I'm in a room full of strangers....I will start imagining that everyone is fixating on me...or if I'm in a line waiting that everyone behind me is impatient and waiting on me to get out of the way...so like a previous poster said I will hit the 'Final Fantasy Flee Button' and get the heck out of there. It is pretty embarrassing and especially if I have started blushing because I waited too long to flee.
Bama_Heath
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Ha...yeah I guess that would be pretty wrong to just ditch someone by making a dramatic exit. That might make them develop SP's when they are left with staring eyes. As much as I would want to know your sly methods.... I agree with you...we all have to find a way to avoid the fleeing.
EscapeArtist
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I don't put myself in those situations... (aka alone anywhere, or I don't go anywhere). Haven't been to school in a long time, when I do go i'm SO TEMPTED to leave after I just get there but I restrain....... luckily I know 1 or 2 people there who tell me to stay where I am. Not close enough to me to know much about me though...
I fled when doing the 30 hour famine.... where you sleep over at the school going hungry to raise money for Africa. I just couldn't find a spot to be alone, and when I did I kept thinking people would pass me and think i looked like a freak, sitting in a dark stairway. So I packed up my sleepingbag and the manager of the thing seemed pretty pissed to have to take me home, which took so much effort! I had to fake sick too.
There are times I go outside to go on a bikeride after much persuading, then turn my bike around after 2 minutes and ride home. Sigh,...
I fled when doing the 30 hour famine.... where you sleep over at the school going hungry to raise money for Africa. I just couldn't find a spot to be alone, and when I did I kept thinking people would pass me and think i looked like a freak, sitting in a dark stairway. So I packed up my sleepingbag and the manager of the thing seemed pretty pissed to have to take me home, which took so much effort! I had to fake sick too.
There are times I go outside to go on a bikeride after much persuading, then turn my bike around after 2 minutes and ride home. Sigh,...
Ive fled a movie theater in fear I was going to have a bad panic attack(I was going through a reallll bad time), that was back in 2003. There are times when I feel like fleeing from a places but I stick it out and fight those feelings.
I agree that if I did follow through with my feelings and just bolted, it would make me stand out more. I can relate to that.
So I end up staying put.
this_portrait
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I've never fled a room in the middle of something, but I remember during the fall semester of my sophomore year at college, I was sitting in one of my classes on days where the professor would just lecture and just wanted out of there. I'd become so overwhelmed with feelings of anxiety and sadness that it would take everything to not burst into tears. Once class was dismissed, though, I dashed out the door so fast. I'm told people noticed my behavior, but y'know, I was going through a hard time then, so I don't give a damn.
KnuffleBunny
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Unfortunately I have. I fled a building.
Phoenixx
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About a month or so ago, I left a room packed with people at a dorm building meeting. I didn't leave the whole meeting, I just stood outside the door and listened rather than stand there in the whole room full of people. Even just sitting outside the door though had me shaking and feeling nauseous.
Weeks before that, I tried to eat in the dining hall. Oh that was fun. I sat alone near the window and the wall, but even then I felt like bursting into tears and I started to panic with everyone around me, so I left with my meal half finished.
Even over the summer at one of my friend's grad parties I ended up going into the camper she had out back just to regain myself. Spent about 15 - 20 mins. in there trying to calm myself down. Thankfully no one noticed I was gone during that time. ::
It's happened to me quite a lot, but most of the time it's just going somewhere else to gain control, rather than actually fleeing the scene completely.
Weeks before that, I tried to eat in the dining hall. Oh that was fun. I sat alone near the window and the wall, but even then I felt like bursting into tears and I started to panic with everyone around me, so I left with my meal half finished.
Even over the summer at one of my friend's grad parties I ended up going into the camper she had out back just to regain myself. Spent about 15 - 20 mins. in there trying to calm myself down. Thankfully no one noticed I was gone during that time. :
:It's happened to me quite a lot, but most of the time it's just going somewhere else to gain control, rather than actually fleeing the scene completely.
Silent_Dreamer
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I haven't actually, I usually try to control the situations I enter before they get too uncomfortable it would also call way to much attention to myself, I have constructed this outside personality around my family in order to receive as little attention as possible. In fact i have the opposite problem, when i just want to leave i'm usually frozen in place working up the courage just leave in front of everyone.
For me, it's all about being as invisible as possible.
For me, it's all about being as invisible as possible.