are you housebound ?

I am housebound with the exception of walking my dog up my street and even then I am with my mum. I am diagnosed with Schizoaffective disorder and the main reason I dont go out is because I am being harassed by the UK government through the department of work and pensions.

However, I also cant go out through generalised fear. And I cant be alone anywhere - even at home.

Dixetia wrote:I'm housebound.
Everyting I enjoy in my worthless life is in my apartment.
The times I leave it's because of some shopping for food(damn I wish I could shop food online...)
or get some packages from my local post office.
And when I shop I often have my mother with me, since I enjoy her company and feel like I need her.
But when I leave alone I must(read MUST) have my Mp3-player with me.
If the battery dies I could just jump infront of a bus or something.

Hi Dixetia i have a Ipod Nano small thing, battery is great it wont die... I am Aggy too and do Pretty much what u do shopping but not alone, i need someone there . I hate this Agora....... Hate is understatement i fear loosing control i think not sure.

Yes n i hate it??? i have to leave with Mobile Phone and MP3 player and sunglasses all my Saftey stuff or i panic worse!!!!!!!!! Therapist tried to get me to leave them all at home once, i wouldn't have a bar of it.

scarecrow817 wrote:To a certain extent. I would leave the house if I feel I have to (ie. food shopping, money withdraws) but even that has to be under the right conditions, otherwise I stay home.

That pretty much describe's me too. Though I do now often go for walks alone, despite nobody prompting me or being under any pressure to. (saying that though, that also usually has to be under certain condition i.e. sticking to routes/place I know at mostly quietish times). At times it can also happe that once I'm out of the house and have already done something else i.e. visited a shop or cash point that unexpectedly I find myself feeling confident enough to visit somewhere such as a shop/walking location I didn't originally plan to and follow through. Though if I'd thought of doing that before leaving the house, my mindset would have been different.

I used to be alot worse when it came to leaving the house though. And it can still sometimes happen I don't feel like leaving the house for days at a time.

Leon1301 wrote:the main reason I dont go out is because I am being harassed by the UK government through the department of work and pensions.

Sorry to hear about that. I've kind of been there myself. I had to go through a tribunal appeal back in 2010 because of somethiing happening along those lines. I've got another medical assessment coming up again very soon too. Absolutely dreading it because every time one comes up for me now I worry the same problems that originally happened are going to crop up and that I'll have to go through another one - and won't come out of it so well the next time.

I am the one to whom you can say that i am an housebound i don't want to share anything else.

I've been housebound most of my life, I had times where I would go out to stores occasionally and I would go for walks around the neighbourhood a few times a week but that stopped after some guy had something stolen from his truck and sicked the police on me and my siblings thinking we had done it. It was near Christmas time and they kept us in the street shining flashlights on us for forever as we froze our hands off, now I'm paranoid and hate this place. Way to ruin one of the few things I enjoyed.

Gee PatronSaintHunter that was a lousy experience with the police. Did you ever get an apology from the police or the truck owner?