From Depression to Anxiety, to SXSW

Description:

A meet up for those who have suffered or are suffering with the effects of depression and anxiety, but who don't want to miss out on such an impactful conference. SXSW can be an overwhelming experience. As someone with clinical depression and diagnosed agoraphobia, I found it difficult to navigate SXSW my first time attending. As I familiarized myself more and more with SXSW it became less and less anxiety-provoking. My physical symptoms weren't paralyzing to the point of not attending sessions or experiences. I was no longer finding myself making "exit" plans or frantically finding places to get moments of relief to recharge. As I talked with others with the same common experiences, I understood our experiences at SXSW would have been different the first time around had we met sooner.