I get panic attacks whenever I’m expected to enter a social situation. I’ve lived with general anxiety for as long as I can remember, but this added element of panic first sprung up when the pandemic started. Ontario was locked down for a rather long time and I didn’t see another person for almost three months. I was already not particularly great when it came to social interaction, but the lockdown only exacerbated my social anxiety even more. Now that things have begun to open up again, no matter what situation I find myself in — golfing with my father-in-law, dinner with my parents, weekly volleyball with my friends — my general anxiety will turn into a full-blown panic attack before I leave the house.
Baseball, as seen through an anxious mind
