Anxiety.

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Today, after not leaving my house since Sunday, I said I'd meet my friend in town for a coffee and catch up. I've been getting ready for the last 45 minutes or so. My problem is that whenever I know I'm going to go out in public, I get really anxious. I'm not entirely sure why because I've been appearing female since 2007 yet that anxiety still exists.

My heart rate goes up and I feel sick. I also shake and tend to feel really faint. Not to mention a bit more sweat than usual but that's gross so I won't go into details there...

Basically I was curious if anyone else suffers from this? If so, how do you deal with it? I'm so tempted to cancel on her to avoid all this worry but I haven't seen her in so long and I did promise.

Thanks in advance.