Big box stores, Walmart etc. After 10 minutes I feel like I’m getting the flu. Weak. Headache. Fuzzy. I hear it from other people too. They attribute it to the lights, security system, plastic fumes…

We used to joke that they have a giant soul-sucking machine in the basement.

  • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I feel overwhelmed at stores especially when they’re busy. I found that shopping with noise cancelling headphones/earbuds helps massively.

  • 🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 🏆@yiffit.netEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Yes… Because I have anxiety stemming from being around crowds of people. That’s why I only shop at places like that when they first open in the morning and nobody is there and they aren’t playing music/ads hella loud yet.

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Walmart depresses me with its new bare concrete floors, and dystopian looking decor. The sheer amount of stuff to look it is overwhelming, too. So yeah, I don’t like going there.

  • solrize@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I’m not affected by the visuals afaict. I do wonder about the air. I always wear an N95 respirator in any store and that helps filter pathogens. I haven’t brought a CO2 monitor or anything like that though. I have been wanting to do that.

  • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I got like this in shopping malls, and some big box stores until my early 20s. I’m sure it’s related to some type of social anxiety or overstimulation.

  • JackLSauce@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Just to mix things up:

    No, I haven’t experienced such a thing but I’m also barely ever in a big box store

  • sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    The lights bother me and something makes a high pitched sound that bothers me (tho this is getting better as my hearing goes).

  • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Sounds like anxiety, possibly social or stimulation. Do you get like this in other super crowded locations that are not enclosed (think open air malls, concerts, etc.)? What about in a location that has constant background noises, but you’re alone or with very few people?

      • dave@feddit.ukEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I can diagnose you with poor reading comprehension. Do you know what a simile is? You said “I experience XYZ …” and the commenter replied with “Sounds like ABC …” and then asked a bunch of clarifying questions. They didn’t diagnose you.

        Now, I’ll allow you might have lumped this reply in with the others who did say you have some kind of anxiety, so fair enough. But consider the other people who replied with variations of “I experience the same thing and it’s due to my anxiety.” Are you unwilling to consider the possibility?

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pubEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Dude. You gotta calm down. No one is diagnosing you with anything. You asked a question, and we’re all answering it. No need to be a dick. We’re all mates here.

  • Like the wind...@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    7 months ago

    Yeah but my crazy mother spent 15 hours every Saturday and 15 hours every Sunday, to shop for herself and buy the barest of the bare minimum for the kids while skimping out as much as she can on them. I went consecutive years never sleeping on Sunday night because of her. I never shop in person anymore, if I’m in a store it’s for an online pickup order or exactly one item. One time my online pickup order was lost and took 20 minutes to be remade and I had a panic attack and was on the verge of vomiting. Fuck target and I hope every C*stco becomes an Amazon warehouse. Even better if Mario went for the ceo to impress his brother.