Do you have agoraphobia? How do you cope?

>>73068948 (OP)

>Do you have agoraphobia?

I do.

>How do you cope?

I don't.

>>73068948 (OP)

i do and i've made progress but it's still hard.

i live in the middle of a big city and every time i go outside something bad happens.

So you just stay inside?

How did you make progress?

No. I work Monday to Friday, 9-5. I go out every day, even on weekends. And every day is hell because of my agoraphobia. Every day is like a battle. Don't get me wrong, I cope better some days than others somehow, but it's never a 'good' day.

I usually get anxious if I'm entering a large supermarket or a mall. Not sure if that's agoraphobia.

Well, if you go out willingly on weekends and manage to socialize you are doing alright.

>>73068948 (OP)

Yeah. Literally lost my entire youth aged 17-29 because of it. Dont do what I did bros.

No I just work. I have no irl friends and only go 'out' as in walking around my town and shopping. I have crippling agoraphobia and feel attacked by basically everyone I see and feel them staring constantly. I hate being alive most of the time.

>>73068948 (OP)

>Do you have agoraphobia?

yeah

>How do you cope?

I constantly listen to music and try not to look at people. the annoying thing is that when I stop looking at people it feels like they're staring at me so I look at people, but then they look back, so it's a never ending cycle of paranoia

I've always struggled with it, but things got way harder after school. No more forced schedule hurt like hell, and after a while I started getting horrible symptoms from going outside. I don't even know if it's a panic attack, it's more like a stroke where I can't talk, my muscles tense and my blood pressure drops very low.



I'm not coping well at all.

I don't know what's wrong with me. I'm fine going to work but I never do anything outside of work, just come home and sleep or lay in bed. I want to do things and I took up hiking/camping a little but stopped going out.

How did you recover?

Fuck..

>2017

>2018

>2019

>2020

>2021

>2022

Halp

Pretty much the same. It's unbelievable how it happens and I feel the need to walk faster. 

Interesting, I'm not sure what causes it in my case and if the underlying cause is social anxiety.

Oh I guess I undersold the symptoms. I can't talk at all, as in I slur my words when they come out, so much so that I cannot be understood at all, and my muscles tense so much that I'm physically unable to move and will fall over. Only reason I know about the blood pressure is because I was taken away in an ambulance. It's fucking ridiculous.

>How did you make progress?

saw a therapist until covid hit and we had to stop meeting.

i'm able to go out once in a blue moon without breaking down.

usually shopping, but i come back home and have to recharge for a long time. literally can't do anything but lay in bed afterwards for days.

My biggest fear is that I'll need an ambulance sometime lol. I blacked out for a moment years ago after an extensive panic episode.
