# Overwhelmed by stores?

- URL: https://numo.ai/community/csqngus/overwhelmed-by-stores
- Language: en
- Author: @AnnHelen
- Posted: 2023-08-08T14:12:47.291Z
- Updated: 2023-08-08T14:12:59.357Z
- Tag: question
- Comments: 7
- Likes: 6

Are there others who postpone grocery shopping because it just feels like climbing mountains? The sound, the people, smells, information and everything just give me a sensory overload 😳

## Comments (6)

### @demeter987 — 2023-08-10T03:49:01.675Z

Yes, especially CVS lol

### @Sam ZT — 2023-08-09T02:38:31.671Z

Yes! Especially with a 4 year old I do mostly curbside pickups. But even the app shopping sometimes takes way too long bc there are more options than in store.

### @imommy31 — 2023-08-08T18:03:21.515Z

Yes I’ve stopped bringing my 5 kids for this reason. Plus they’re dad has spoiled them and now they think they need a treat every single time they go 😳

### @ParabolicHeater — 2023-08-08T16:53:13.910Z

Yes, especially going to Costco…on the weekend….with family! 😬

### @arieladhd — 2023-08-08T16:27:20.548Z

Yes. I go to farmers markets and small stores!

### @mentelocobe — 2023-08-08T14:25:03.471Z

YES! I’m like this with anything in which there will be crowds of any sort. 

I hate it because my fridge is always empty and I end up just ordering food. 

A few ways I’ve been battling this is:  
- gamify it: I time box and then pretend it’s all a giant video game that I have to dodge other people in. (I know dorky)

- I’ll make it an outing with my wife…grocery shopping, very romantic.

The odd thing for me is that I wasn’t like this growing up. I used to enjoy going out. Then after the great barricading in of 2020 it was like I turned into a hermit and can’t get out from under my rock.