Coping with Enochlophobia

I guess I should start off by explaining what Enochlophobia is. Well basically Enochlophobia is a fear of large groups or crowds or to get all technical like

Enochlophobia is the fear of large crowds. This social phobia is a paralyzing fear that can result in the sufferer's fear manifesting in avoiding anxiety-raising situations (running from the situation), having tantrums, crying, excessive sweating, freezing, excessive blushing, or stammering continuously. It stems from the fear of being trampled in a crowd, getting a deadly disease from people within the crowd, getting lost in the crowd, or feeling insignificant when surrounded by a crowd.
" This fear is one that can possibly be genetic and affects women more often than it affects men. Some get so fearful while in crowded areas until they experience chest pains as if having a heart attack, but are actually having a panic attack due to being overly anxious."-- Barbara Burgess, author of Enoclophobia: Fear of Crowds, www.associatedcontent.com.
People who are shy and introverted are most likely to experience enochlophobia. Most people with the phobia feel unsafe around a lot of strangers, are just naturally very shy individuals, are afraid of being hunted by the new media, or feel the emotions of the people around them. Enchlophobic people are usually unable to handle: situations involving two or more other people, dating, parties, going to theaters, going to movie theaters, going to sports games, or going to the mall.

Now I know reading that if you know me would be like wow. Its true though Why do you think I go to the theater early in the afternoon because there are hardly any people there. Lately at work its been starting to become more prevalent I mean when the lobby is full of people I get incredibly uncomfortable which in turn causes me to hide in the back office until someone comes to the desk. The most recent example of this that I can recall is a few days ago we a group of Mennonites staying at the hotel. I show up for work and they are everywhere outside and my lobby is full of them. Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against them in general besides homemade clothes and different laws is weird but aside from that no issue but the sheer number of them down in the lobby just made me feel well ill in a sense. Thankfully one of my co-workers and friends Tina stayed a while to help me out with them being down there. She may never fully understand what that meant to me but she has my thanks either way.

Am I crippled by this? Not even a little I just don't like it. I can handle people just fine but when it gets so loud from so many people in one place I cant hear myself think just very annoying. Why did I decide to write about this? I don't know maybe seeing it laid out might in some way help me understand why it affects me the way it does. I cant really say but i do feel a little better getting it off my chest and out in the open. oh well off to do paperwork.