Worldwide Ty describes living with celebration phobia, an intense anxiety around celebrating and drinking that stems from catastrophic thoughts about impaired driving and death. The phobia leads to avoidance of alcohol and festive situations entirely.
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No, I literally have a. I'm probably the only person diagnosed with celebration phobia. Like, it's this concept that kind of, like, hit me and it throws me off because I'm like, oh, hell no. I don't want to do that. That sound like I'm a die, right? And so it be something as simple as, you know, some people, they'll celebrate and they'll go to the club, they'll drink, right? They'll, like, get. They might not get fully intoxicated, but they get intoxicated to the point where they probably shouldn't be driving. They don't want to feel good. They don't want to feel good. Then they might drive home and then get in a car accident and die. That's how my brain works when Celebration comes in. So outside of me, just don't think. I don't like alcohol. Just like, I tasted before, like, this stupid. But that definitely helps drive this thought process of, like, I don't want to drink because I like celebration phobia.