open to anyone location: LG Bean + Tea @pinehavenstarters [tw: anxiety]
Exposure therapy. When Odette's anxiety started acting up more than usual, that's what she was supposed to do. Expose herself to a situation that induced anxiety and work through it. Her therapist suggested she go out and talk to someone unprompted a week ago and Odette had yet to follow through. She was meeting with her therapist tomorrow, and the idea of telling her that she hadn't done as she was asked caused more anxiety than speaking with someone around town would. So, Odette was at LG Bean + Tea, a hot tea in hand looking around for a familiar face.
"Hello..." Odette greeted, approaching a table by the window. Her voice was soft, maybe too quiet to even be heard, but she tried to smile anyway. The knots in her stomach and the ever present voice in her head screamed at her that this was a bad idea, but she had to fight through it. "Do you mind if I join you?" Odette asked, swallowing the lump in her throat. "If it's not a bother, of course, or if... if you're not..." She glanced around and ran her free hand through her hair. "Waiting for someone else?"
