My sister was asking what I wanted for my birthday at the end of the month, but I told her that I'm saving my birthday present for the Ren Faire. Since I'm unemployed, I usually just look and dream about what I would buy if I could buy anything I wanted. You can definitely make a dent in your wallet with all the amazing stuff for sale. I don't use period speak, and go between putting on an accent and just talking normally. I get such a kick out of just walking around and interacting with the street actors (even if I'm not the most skilled conversationalist.). I always dress up, since I feel like that's half the fun of going. We are already planning to go to the one this year. Last year we went to Steampunk weekend, and the costumes were just amazing. I always bring a few dollar coins for tipping for my favorite performers. Last year they had a person performing on aerial silks, and it was such a fantastic show. They've never had a mermaid, but I think that would be so fun. Some of the shows we always have to see are Adam Crack (whips/firewhip), Tartanic (a bagpipe and drums band), the Robin Hood story (little scenes around the faire with a big fight scene at the end), and the jousting. My sister took me once a few years ago, and I was HOOKED! We have to go at least twice every season just to fit in everything that we want to do. I am such a Ren Faire nerd, and always look forward to the Bristol Ren Faire up on the IL/WI border every summer. I know anxiety must be rough.Īlso-that's some great Stargate cosplay! It is definitely underrepresented. For the drive, instead of thinking about the crowds and traffic jam, we instead appreciate the hilarity of tough bikers in tights (with occasional references to Mel Brooks movies and Princess Bride). Ren Faires are some of the few places at which singalongs about classic literature are encouraged, people are genuine (yet playing a role), and the "lump on the log" is always chosen to lead the entertainment, thereby ceasing to be a "lump on the log". We love it! I took my dad for the first time last year-and found out that my dad used to take my mom to Ren Faires when they were dating. Johnny Pheonix and the Washing Well Wenches are always there (at least for the past 3 years). My high school friends and I started a tradition after we went off to college to go back home to the Great Lakes Medieval Faire for one weekend during the summer. If it helps, just keep in mind that not only are the other congoers Your Fellow Nerds, and therefore Your People, but quite a few of them have their own mental and physical issues going on as well, and would be among the last people in the world to judge you or treat you badly. Smaller cons are better for making friends at, too when there's not giant crowds, there's actually more chances to meet someone with your interests. Avoid anything at a proper Convention Center! A good rule of thumb if it's a small enough con to fit in a hotel and their convention facilities, it's going to be pretty intimate, if not outright tiny. Please, girl, don't let it stop you from checking out one of the smaller cons in your area. Most conventions don't even come close to the crowds of Comic Con or D*C. See, this makes me sad, and I know it happens a lot people see the massive hordes at Comic Con and think ALL cons are like that and get freaked out. And we need to be kind to ourselves when they do. Thanks for reminding us that dealing with one's anxieties is a process, and that sometimes they just get us. And then I went home and cried some more. I laughed and cried as the techs did everything they could think of to make it easy on me. ![]() I went into the lab, gave my usual disclaimer: I have a phobia, sometimes I weep, ignore me.and then I broke down. Last week, I had to have blood drawn for a physical. I was powerfully skeptical, but it worked for me.for a while. This is a lot of detail to say that a few years ago, I had hypnosis therapy as a last resort when I had to take a twice-daily injectable medication for a while. I know where it came from, but given that phobias are irrational, I couldn't explain it away. There's just nothing that makes you feel good about yourself about having to have someone take you to the lab for a routine blood draw because you cry hysterically, or (my personal favorite) weep silently but uncontrollably before, during, and after the stick. As In my teens, I got a handle on it, but as I got into my thirties, it came back with a vengeance. I have had a phobia about needles since my pre-kindergarten vaccinations. ![]() I've read basically everything you've written here about it, and have really appreciated your candor. Thanks for sharing again about your anxiety.
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