Open Sourcing Mental Illness

I think it is pretty easy for organizers to not take these types of anxiety issues into account. All the way from being uncomfortable with the unknowns, bus travel, food choices, length of time “trapped” without a way out, to finally getting back to the “safety” of the hotel. There are a lot of social pressures at play and I often feel like I’m the only one having these kinds of thoughts. “Won’t they think I’m ungrateful if I don’t want to stay until the end of the event?” “Who is going to notice that I bailed halfway through the night?” “This is an awesome event so why do I want to leave early?” “Really, you came all the way to [distant land] and you can’t stay out a little later than usual tonight?” “Is three hours really too long?”