Agoraphobia

[MrsBeasley86]

Oh wow! It's a good thing you moved! You don't need to deal with things like that

 

[Deleted member 30740]

I'm having hard time leaving my house too. So tomorrow doctor appointment I hope can get there with someone.

 

[Blake74]

I have stopped driving on freeways, or anywhere the speed limit is over 50 mph. I don't drive over large bridges. I stay on the city streets where I can pull into a parking lot, if I feel a panic attack coming on.

 

[cheetahspots]

In addition to the PTSD diagnosis, I apparently also have "mild agoraphobia." Two years ago that meant never leaving my place, even to feed myself, and hiding in a darkened bathroom for hours on end. In recent times, I've been better, but I still have a huge amount of trouble leaving my home. I don't like to check the mail, so much that my mail service has been shut off three times and each time I have to call the post office to get it back, they scold me.. which only makes me feel worse. I fear people so much as seeing me out in the open. I can't handle the thought of neighbors even looking at me in passing, like taking out the trash.. so I wait until about 3am to do this.

I've tried to get myself more used to going out of my place, on a weekly basis. I have a friend who makes sure that I go with them at least once a week to the local farmer's market to get my produce, not only to see that I have a safe person to leave the house with, but also to make sure that I am getting food. But it's still difficult.. I have a lot of trouble doing anything by myself.