"[story]Raiders of the lost Articuno aka How to destroy social anxiety: Raids"

#PokemonGO: As a solo player without any playing friends, this has been a tough one, to say the least... but I really REALLY want Articuno in my dex before it's too late, so I decided to look for local Facebook groups (local to the nearest city, obviously) and join up with others. Maybe a lot of you can't relate, but that's a really hard thing to do, if your brain is screwed up like mine. I know in my logical mind that it's stupid and irrational, but still... it's scary.But dammit, I need those bloody birdies, so I had to be an actor, walk over to the large group and say "hi" while my brain was going "fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuck"... and it went really well. It was actually really nice. No more hiding and hoping nobody notices me playing that stupid game that nobody plays anymore. Even caught Lugia and Articuno too, after a TON of failed attempts.I guess if your motivation is strong enough, you'll walk through fire, even with a double weakness to it. via /r/pokemongo http://ift.tt/2tN3zxj