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I don't have social anxiety, but I am flying to Spain tomorrow with someone who does to start a Camino. I will be better able to report after that. I see a number of people responding along the lines "if you want to be with people, you can; if... -
True. But it is still a massively different situation to what many people experience in normal every day life at home. It's a certain kind of people who go on that kind of pilgrimage, and the pilgrimage situation makes many people more open than...
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Hi, I don’t have diagnosed social anxiety but I am an introvert and anxious so maybe I do. I walked alone in 2016. I had some anxiety about the whole Camino family thing as I don’t like feeling like my decisions are controlled by others, I hate... -
Re "Camino" family. Yea, you'll have no problem falling in with a little group if that's what you're looking for. I did it on my first camino. The people in groups dancing and hugging - many started 5 days before and sang and danced the entire...
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I’m in a similar situation, I’m also a newbie, planning my first Camino this coming August. I have a history of lots of things including social anxiety (and many, many more issues). I used to be painfully shy and introverted, but I’ve come a long...
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I recall a couple that we knew, turning up at the Hotel Akerreta. We were having dinner and heard them check in. Everywhere was full, from Zubiri to Pamplona. Taxis all busy, busses laid on to take Pilgrims to Pamplona. The Hotel owner came...
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I haven't been in that position to either need assistance or give it... But if someone came to me with such a story i would prob assume it was a scam too. I'd be very careful about offering financial support unless i knew they filed a police report.
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I wrote something like this in another thread and deleted it because I didn't want to be accused of being meanspirited. But i like a nice moan and fortunately someone quoted it so here it is. === ... were the same ones who arrived to...
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I hear you. To be fair though, people often say the Camino provides when they have been helped out of a jam rather than something you can rely on for the future, but it irks me that this help can be taken for granted when it is the kindness and...
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Or do you prefer Cromwell's attitude? Put your trust in God and keep your powder dry. I am starting to get tired of the attitude that it isn't necessary to take reasonable care and thought, because somehow there is this warm, fluffy, and...
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