u/Ravensnation08

I’m not sure if I’m in the right place. But I think I have anxiety. I feel weird. I have been forever it feels like it. But I just brushed it off. “I’m a man” right? Well here lately I just feel I’m in trouble all the time. I feel like something bad is going to happen. My heart beat hard. Not fast just hard. Need to take deep breaths. Paranoid. Drive with caution like I’m going to get pulled over or an accident. I can’t sleep. Once I’m falling asleep it’s like a jolt of “ansias” if that makes any sense to anyone here. Like my muscles tense up. I feel like I drank Red Bull and strong pre workout and I’m coming down that caffeine rush. I stopped pre workout earlier this year. Just drink coffee in the morning but even before my first sip I feel like I’m in trouble. I pretend I’m okay with my daughters but I really tell my wife that she’s my safe haven. When I’m around her I can chill but other than that it’s like I snorted the strongest pre workout their is and just paranoid. Idk if I’m in the right sub but if anyone can help would be great. I do have a lot on my plate but I don’t feel stressed. I feel like I’m handling well. I work 50-60hrs a week, taking online classes, 3 kids, one who is going to college and we need to get an apartment for. But all that I got it. I don’t have bad thoughts or anything like that. It’s just physically exhausting. I do worry here and there about my young ones being at grandmas all day but I think that’s normal? Idk I don’t want to go get on meds and be all dumbed down. I am physical. I lift and run 5 times a week. When I’m at the gym I feel good but still like I took pre. I can go on and on . Sorry for the long post but I’m worried. I’m a 36 male by the way.

Wife and her best friend (and her husband) just talked me into a trip to New Orleans November 19–22… and yeah, I’m getting dragged into this one. Tickets purchased. (Not my kind of music) but not going to be the party pooper and who doesn’t love some Usher.

It’ll be their first time, and since they’ve seen us go 10+ times (we already went once this year), they decided to knock out two birds with one trip.

Here’s where I’m stuck — they’re a little more on the “fancy” side when we travel (Vegas, Austin, even back home), and that’s not really how we do NOLA. We’re more about Frenchmen Street vibes, City Park, cemeteries, random exploring, and hole-in-the-wall mom & pop food spots.

We’re staying in the CBD, and I’ll obviously hit the basics:

– Bourbon Street

– French Market

– Harrah’s Casino

– Frenchmen again at night

For those of y’all who go a lot or live there — what do you usually show first-timers? Do you mix in nicer spots, or just throw them straight into the real NOLA experience?

Basically… do I try to balance it out for them, or just let New Orleans do its thing and party them out all weekend?

Also any blues bar anywhere? Live music? Since we left in March I haven’t stopped listening to the blues.