For some context to the question if you’re interested. I picked up strength training a while ago which has been an amazing habit, you go to the same place, do the same stuff every time, feel good afterwards and you can spend hours watching videos / reading articles about it.
But I’ve noticed that when something changes, like I’m in a hotel and need to use their gym, I get really stressed out and can avoid going. I don’t have any strategies for dealing with this, when it comes up it’s pretty much a coin toss as to whether I’ll be able to push through it or just avoid the whole situation which is better than I used to be but still not great.
Just wondering if any smart folks out there had found good ways to overcome or at least work around this.
My coping strategy is having ADHD in addition so autism to both routine and change are mentally painful in different ways
That aside, have you tried mentally grounding yourself by focusing on the familiar? Such as your music, how the muscles feel as you engage then, how your deodorant smells if you use a fragrant one, etc. Not a perfect solution, but it has helped me in the past.