Social Anxiety Support

contranigma · 09-15-2009, 11:08 AM

Except for like 3am, because I like to sleep. I like to go on the weekend, but that is probably busier. Are mornings better, though. Are they significantly less crowded during the week?

anonymid · 09-15-2009, 11:43 AM

Friday night.

coldmorning · 09-15-2009, 11:48 AM

I sometimes go before noon and find it to be fairly quiet then.

STKinTHEmud · 09-15-2009, 02:29 PM

Excuse me for saying so, but this sounds like classic avoidance behavior. If it is, it won't help you get over SA any sooner.

Neptunus · 09-15-2009, 02:35 PM

From experience, anytime after 7pm. By then, everyone's at home making supper.

pita · 09-15-2009, 03:13 PM

I go around 8:30 or 9 pm on a week night. I avoid grocery stores entirely on weekends.

far310 · 09-15-2009, 03:14 PM

I go early in the mornings, its not too crowded near me.

TorLin · 09-15-2009, 03:18 PM

weekend night time - everyone is out either partying or going on dates.
weekday either friday nights

i tend to go after 11pm/or 1am, cause my grocery store claims to be 20 hour store.

Cerberus · 09-15-2009, 03:45 PM

1-3 pm and after 9 pm are pretty good times on the weekdays. I don't mind the crowds too much anymore, unless they're taking all the food I want and getting in the way.

pointy · 09-16-2009, 11:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by STKinTHEmud

Excuse me for saying so, but this sounds like classic avoidance behavior. If it is, it won't help you get over SA any sooner.

It isn't necessarily that simple. If you won't go shopping otherwise and don't want to become malnourished it would be a good idea to begin with - especially since not eating properly will just make your anxiety worse. I know this all too well. Then you could always work your way up to going shopping at busier times.

Emptyheart · 09-16-2009, 11:54 PM

Try going after dinner times..people are usually in their homes.

Safeway · 09-17-2009, 09:15 AM

usually like 1pm-3pm, or 9pm-11pm on weekdays. especially 9pm to 11pm weekday very few people.

09-15-2009, 11:08 AM	#1 (permalink)
contranigma Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Midwest Gender: Male Posts: 169	When are the least busiest times to go to the grocery store? Except for like 3am, because I like to sleep. I like to go on the weekend, but that is probably busier. Are mornings better, though. Are they significantly less crowded during the week?

09-15-2009, 11:43 AM	#2 (permalink)
anonymid Status: gulping for shape Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicagoland Gender: Male Age: 30 Posts: 2,077	Friday night. __________________ "He who has not the courage to suffer either death or life, who will neither resist nor flee, what can we do with him?" - Montaigne

09-15-2009, 02:35 PM	#5 (permalink)
Neptunus Status: Authenticating Join Date: Oct 2007 Gender: Female Posts: 2,837	From experience, anytime after 7pm. By then, everyone's at home making supper. __________________ "When I stand before thee at the day's end, thou shalt see my scars and know that I had my wounds and also my healing." ~Rabindranath Tagore "Being gentle means forgiving yourself when you mess up. We should learn from our mistakes, but we shouldn't beat the tar out of ourselves over them. The past is just that, past. Learn what went wrong and why. Make amends if you need to. Then drop it and move on." ---Sean Covey

09-15-2009, 03:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
TorLin Status: MayTheForceBeWithYou Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: California Gender: Male Posts: 17,057	weekend night time - everyone is out either partying or going on dates. weekday either friday nights i tend to go after 11pm/or 1am, cause my grocery store claims to be 20 hour store. __________________ MTFBWU (May The Force Be With You) - TORLIN AIM, MSN, YIM: T0RL1N Skype: Tor_Lin Visit me at; ToryLing.com \| LivingAnxious \| Facebook \| Myspace \| Last.fm

09-15-2009, 03:45 PM	#9 (permalink)
Cerberus Status: SAS Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Utah Posts: 5,721	1-3 pm and after 9 pm are pretty good times on the weekdays. I don't mind the crowds too much anymore, unless they're taking all the food I want and getting in the way. __________________ "Through the valleys grey Through the shapeless land I walk alone I'm left alone Through the deepest void, a blackened paradise I walk alone, I'm left alone"

09-15-2009, 11:48 AM	#3 (permalink)
coldmorning Status: Add water and shake Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northern California Gender: Male Posts: 2,122	I sometimes go before noon and find it to be fairly quiet then.

09-15-2009, 02:29 PM	#4 (permalink)
STKinTHEmud Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: CA Gender: Male Age: 27 Posts: 357	Excuse me for saying so, but this sounds like classic avoidance behavior. If it is, it won't help you get over SA any sooner.

09-15-2009, 03:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
pita Status: SAS Member Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Female Posts: 2,168	I go around 8:30 or 9 pm on a week night. I avoid grocery stores entirely on weekends.

09-15-2009, 03:14 PM	#7 (permalink)
far310 Status: SAS Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 72	I go early in the mornings, its not too crowded near me.

09-16-2009, 11:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Emptyheart Status: wishes to be SA-free Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: In my own world. Gender: Female Posts: 368	Try going after dinner times..people are usually in their homes.

09-17-2009, 09:15 AM	#12 (permalink)
Safeway Status: SAS Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: oregon Gender: Male Age: 25 Posts: 309	usually like 1pm-3pm, or 9pm-11pm on weekdays. especially 9pm to 11pm weekday very few people.