I have a history with poor mental health, but I've been working on it for the past year or so. I used to get bad anxiety going anywhere really, but for the past couple of years I've done shorter road trips, then longer road trips, then short trips abroad, and it's gone quite well really. I honestly thought I had my anxiety under control, so this summer I planned a five week road trip to Northern Norway. I'm currently on day three and I'm having full blown panic attacks, and I want to go home so bad. It's very unexpected to say the least, I've been on more demanding trips the past year without issues. I'm at a loss, I don't know what to do. Some more info:>I'm Norwegian, driving my own car>my destination was Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja>traveling alone, focusing on hiking>currently in the sticks in Trøndelag, about a 9 hour drive from home>I have some accomodation booked further north, but I was also planning on doing some wild camping, the thought of which further fuels my anxiety>weather forecast is mildly shit, lots or rain in the coming days, but decent temperaturesAny advice? The only thing keeping me going is that I've told everyone at work I'm going to Lofoten, and I don't want the humiliation of not even making it halfway. If I could just cancel the whole trip knowing no one cared, I would honestly.
>>2897410Anxietyfags always make their anxiety the centerpiece of their identity and then wonder why it controls them instead of the other way around. Travel is always full of uncertainty, and screwups/oversights are inevitable. But instead of solving problems as they arise and learning from your errors to do better next time, you mentally masturbate yourself into a full-blown panicgasm over the thought of screwing up or having bad luck. The only conclusion a logical person can draw is that anxietyfags revel in their anxiety, just like a scab picker loves the pain of peeling back his scab before it is healed.
