News of Agoraphobia Forum

Hi Everyone,

I am a 42 yr old wife and mother... and I have struggled with anxiety - both "rational" (ie worries about money or my kids) and "irrational" (fear of throwing myself off balconies or driving off a cliff) - my entire life. However, I was first diagnosed with a Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia in 1997 after my first full-fledged, I think I'm dying, what is happening?! panic attack while driving on the interstate. ...

Hey guys. This is super random and just occurred to me while I was in the shower, and I'm feeling a bit better but I wanted to just put this out there and see if anyone else gets scared about this too. Isn't it so weird how we're living in the 2010s? I was born in 1997 and I've pretty much only known the 2000s and have written it down my whole life but it ...

Hi, my family is taking a 9 hour trip for Christmas, I basically have the choice to go with them or stay home alone and I don't know which is worse. Any tips for dealing with separation anxiety?

The few responses with many posts and some without any makes me miserable. I guess there is little to no help for agoraphobia/isolation. In the real world I don't see any solution to being alone, unless you have people there for you already, and then if you do they may not care. I guess the only people that can help agoraphobics and with similar issues are those who also have it. I tried to go ...

Hello,

So for about 2 months now I haven't been wearing a bra because the last times I tried, I got huge panic attack on now my subconscious associate panic attack with wearing bras.
Problem is, I can't always wear baggy t-shirt so it wouldn't show my nipples...
Anyone have that problem too?

Why isolation has to be a permanent thing? You don't make friends in your youth because of bullying, ridicule, developing avoidance and agoraphobia. You try to 'get help' but you are further ridiculed and belittled, treat like dog $#%^ and basically told to go away. There is no help or change for someone isolated. Denied everything including work, friends, relationships. Only old age pensioners get help and pity for being isolated, otherwise nothing. Just more ...

Hey everyone, I have been joined to this forum for quite a while, but never really used it much, but recently I have been feeling really lonely with my agoraphobia/anxiety/depression. I've been put on ativan for my panic attacks and take olanzapine for psychosis. The agoraphobia started when I got assaulted last year by a woman in the streets, she random;y came up to me and punched me in the nose and pushed me over. ...

I'm a 23 year old woman & I'm scared to leave my own apartment. I feel so pathetic. I live with a roommate around my age who is still a relative stranger to me as I don't really make an effort to get to know her/don't know how. Anyways, I run a little webshop & I have orders to send out, groceries to get, supplies to buy. But thinking about leaving my house & going ...

Before anything, I'd like to say that I've never been a part of any forums or discussion boards because for a long time I felt as though I didn't want anything to interfere with my perception. I didn't want to start pointing fingers or blame based on general information. But, reading forums like these whenever I felt alone, lost or confused have helped me to come up with ideas or take information into consideration that ...

Hi, i lived in Mexico almost al my life and
when i was 11 i was bullyed by teachers and kids, one day my neighbors who where Teens bullyed me and kick me in my coxis, after that i cudn't sit for long periods of time so i had to drop out school

After that i never came out again, since i was 11 to 16 i didint go outside NEVER, not even to shop ...