Just been out to a supermarket. Felt really uncomfortable at the thought of bumping into someone who knows me or recognises me. Thank god I didn’t bump into anyone, i’ve been like this ever since I had my episode really. I can go in small shops but town centres and supermarkets scare the ■■■■ out of me. I prefer to stay indoors. Anyone else like this?
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I used to feel that way about the supermarket. that was right after I put on all the weight from psych meds and was ashamed of my body. I don’t care what people think anymore but I am still ashamed of my body. I have a big belly and it humiliates the hell out of me.
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Yeah weight for me plays a role, i’m not happy about the weight I’ve gained. I used to be full of confidence, i’m a wreck compared to the old days.
I am semi house bound and only go out for food and tobacco, I feel that im wasting my life away. I just feel too scared to go out much.
Cheers kate xxx
I have a big belly too. I don’t think about it very much, but it is probably hard on my back.
I have a hard time for a different reason. When I go to the supermarket alone I feel like I don’t belong there and people know it. So I get anxious that everyone is starring at me and judging me. I can go if I go with someone else. I can also go in smaller stores by myself. It’s so different since becoming ill. Before I got sick I rode on the train from Canada to Philly by myself. Now it’s hard to even leave the house without someone else. I’m hoping to start working soon as I just got my degree but am nervous about being nervous if that makes sense. I had so much confidence before I got sick. 
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I really can relate feeling uncomfortable at the super market.
Which is why I go to walgreens
I have a walgreens card and I just spent $47 and got enough food for the entire week i’d say
3 boxes of chicken wings 2 boxes of mozzarella sticks 1 pizza 4 cans of campbell noodle soup 1 gallon of milk 2 boxes of cereal and 1 lean cuisine meal all for $47
not the healthiest shizz in the world but I do it cuz I hate the super market.
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Forgot to mention the 6 cups of ez mac…wow im a pig…oh well
I have not gone to the supermarket for ages now.
Instead I get my food supplies just across the street at Shoppers Drug Mart.
( Not all the letters are lighting up at the moment, so it looks like SHOPPERS D UG MART. )
I just recently used my 95,000 Optimum points and got $200.00 worth of free stuff.
Plus at this particular SDM there is no lengthy lines, thus very little waiting time.
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Respect my authoritah!
Just a couple of blocks away from the one across the street, there is another Shoppers Drug Mart.
A couple of letters there don’t light up as well… and so it looks like…
SHOPPERS RUG ART
I was thinking of doing time-lapsed photography of these, going from day time to night time views.
I used to go to the local supermarket by myself from time to time.
But lately I have to go with someone else - I just feel too frightened/nervous and self concious to go by myself.
Lately I have a difficult time going any where by myself - not just supermarkets.
I also suffer from a lot of anxiety and have Agoraphobia.
I also dont like going to smaller shops because I feel as if people are judging me there - monitoring me more.
Larger stores give me the creeps - way too overwhelming for me!
I dont do so well among crowds either.
you have to fight the anxiety @Wave or it will consume you ! I used to carry a note in my pocket to say " I am having a panic attack" that I could hand to the cahier if I had an attack and eventually I overcame my anxiety by telling myself “so what if it happens?” and the panic went away. good luck.
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There is one specific grocery chain I have to avoid. It’s the largest in my state. All of my symptoms center around it.
I do my grocery shopping online. When I went to the supermarket I’d prefer going when it wasn’t busy ie when first open . I find bigger supermarkets with lots of product can be overwhelming. I also get anxious at the checkout especially If I have been in a long queue in case people are getting irritated because I’m taking too long to pack my stuff.
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I’ve gotten used to shopping with my hubby at the 2 giant warehouse stores in town here, and sometimes the big superstores as well.
If I go by myself, I tend to draw unwanted attention to myself because I get lost in all the choices. Do we really need an entire isle of breakfast cereals? or bread? and when did pop-tarts come up with all those flavors?
Least it’s better than when my (ex) husband moved to another state for 5 months (right after I was Dx’d) and I for some reason couldn’t make myself go to the grocery store for the entire 5 months, and went from 130lbs to 94lbs just eating what was left in the house.
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It’s christmas dread the queue at supermarkets, seems to me to have a real side, rationalising, the strong can bend the rules of the queue to go first and no one says anything, if your vulnerable, or low status, you get a mouthful of abuse
Said at my dla tribumal that i get picked on at supermarkets and would like to shop at the more expensive corner shop wheres theres no queue
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I’ve actually known very few people queue jump.
I used to get my groceries delivered to my front doorstep from Safeway or WAlmart.