I'm very new to this agoraphobia stuff!

[Guest]

I'm glad to find the first "decent" site on agoraphobia..I was diagnosed with agoraphobia about 1 yr. ago....I ended up very sick in my car riding out of town with my family...it took me a very long time and even now I question to accept this disorder! I hate it but I try to be positive and move on....I look for sites to encourage me...I don't have too many panic attacks anymore because I am on 100mg of imipramine daily..when I was first on paxil I was still having 3 to 5 attacks a day and not knowing what was happening I too became terrified to leave my home and the thought of getting in my car would immediately give me serious diarrhoea and nausea..I've come a long way but daily normal life to most can be a huge struggle for me as most of you reading this probably know...Thanks for listening........Mickey.

 

[cecejailer]

Agoraphobia is really hard, specially when you come to terms with it, because it's somewhat really confusing. If I know why I'm like this, why can't I fight it? Why do I still feel my heart pounding whenever I see other people? Why can't I even go to the supermarket nextdoor without freaking out? It's really weird. The thing is, I think agoraphobia is based on habits. I don't like seeing other people because it makes me realize that my life is real and I do have to take responsibility for the things that happen to me... This can be hard to accept. Staying home with my laptop is much easier than trying hard to fight this.