u/Conscious_Cry4548

This weekend there was a festival called Sonic Temple and I had tickets for thurs and saturday. Thurs I drank a little too much and was not feeling great on Friday, not nauseous but just weak and tired and not hungry. I ate once on friday. Saturday I woke up feeling good and we got there around 2 and my friends bought little shots (pink whitney and fireball) to sneak in and when we got inside they asked if I wanted one so I took one of the pink whitney shots thinking it would be fine and because I did eat some food otw there that morning. I was wrong!
I don't think I felt nauseous, i think i just got really bad acid reflux feeling but my anxiety dog piled onto it.
My friends and I went into the temple stadium and they went on the floor and I went into the stadium (per our wristbands, but i had been sneaking onto the floor all day thurs lol) and spent an hour scared I was going to throw up, and I also was struggling to cool down so I was also scared I was going to get heat exhaustion and throw up from that. I kept moving around the stadium sitting in various spots to relax, but did eventually end up calling my mom to come get me, knowing I wouldn't be able to see two of my all time favorite bands (bmth and miw). Once she was on the way for about 5-10 minutes I realized I felt completely fine and better, so I called her again and told her I was fine and that I didn't need her to get me anymore.

And I stayed for the entire night! I had a few other small reflux feelings throughout the night because I didn't eat anything else (wasn't hungry after that) but it wasn't anything too bad and I was distracted enough by other things to get past them quickly.

But honestly this weekend was pretty good exposure therapy! I walked by a lot of people and heard lots of convos. 2 of them were talking and Laughing about how they had gotten sick that day. One was a group of friends laughing and joking with one as he mentioned he already threw up 3 times that day. I saw a lot of people also that were being carried and taken by medics and all I did was wish for their wellbeing rather than panic if they were going to throw up near me or not.

I had a really awesome time and am so happy I was able to make it through and see my favorite bands. Thursday I saw the used, magnolia park, pierce the veil, dayseeker and my chemical romance. Saturday I saw pop evil, black veil brides, motionless in white, the amity affliction, mayday parade, and bring me the horizon. I had such an amazing time, but now im suffering with a sunburn on my back, blisters on my feet, sore wrists from crowdsurfers and sore thigh muscles from all the walking. But it is all so worth it.