Travel Anxiety

[ras]

So in 6 days it is time for competition, I have competed before but not like this. This is bigger and more complex and I am really nervous and anxious.
From the last competition I got an injury in my groin and I am still rehabbing from it! I am very anxious about that.

I get anxiety when traveling, so much I end up not even doing it if I go alone. Thankfully this time I am traveling with my friend, but I am still very anxious, how could I get better at this? So far I have gotten better at it by just traveling more, but I still feel like it's not right. At first I couldn't travel to different parts of my city, and then it moved on to different cities which is still quite anxious. But definitively an improvement!
But now it is time to travel to different countries which I have done before and was super anxious about even with a friend or family. But I need to learn how to do it by my self and it's not really working since I can't get myself to do it. Maybe I just need to travel more with my friends first before? But I wanna learn how to do it now!

I will be traveling from Sweden to Paris for this competition and I will have a team competition, my team will be team Sweden. Wish me luck and any tips would be appreciated, and kind words in general.

 

[E.B]

I think its more normal then people realize...been a few on here who have dealt with that. I feel strange sometimes when out of my comfort zone and never been able to figure out much about it...Sometimes when traveling out of my comfort zone I can fall asleep and wake up with a very derealization type feeling. Kind of similar to the feeling you get when you wake up out of a deep sleep and have the " I don't know where you are feeling" but with this it's more of a panic attack/derealization feeling. It's been a while since I've had this but I'm sure it could still happen. None the less I think what you say is normal. A lot of people have anxiety when traveling. Good to you have someone going with you and you will be ok!