My one small win was ruined by a random person.
I have severe anxiety and severe agoraphobia. It’s nearly impossible for me to leave the house. I have an electric scooter that I hadn’t ridden in months because my anxiety and agoraphobia are so bad.
But today, my anxiety was unusually low. I looked at my e-scooter and said, “I think I can go for a ride right now.” So I did. I only planned on riding around the block once or twice, but I ended up going around four miles. For me, that was a huge victory.
But right near the end of the ride when I was returning home, I was riding in the bike lane (which is what you’re supposed to do on an e-scooter) and a car passes me from behind on my left and the guy in the passenger seat yells at me, “Get out of the road you fucking dumbass!”
It startled the crap out of me and nearly gave me an anxiety attack and it completely ruined my experience. Sometimes I just hate people. I guess I’ll just continue staying inside.