Agoraphobic

SilverLining · Post by **SilverLining** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 8:29 am

Hello Everyone and Merry Christmas!

CrystalDawn, WOW! What a testimony! You are doing great! Don't ever beat yourself up for slight delays in your progress. I really enjoyed reading about how far you have come in such a short time. You are doing awesome!!

Molly,

I understand about locking the doors. Mine are locked all the time and my next door neighbor is a police officer. I just feel that is being safe. Never thought of it as anything else. BTW: your dog is adorable.

I pray you area all having a very Peaceful and Merry Christmas. Keep the testimonies coming!!

Paisleegreen · Post by **Paisleegreen** » Sat Dec 25, 2010 4:09 pm

Hi Crystal Dawn--Wow, you have really done well. You have really overcome some serious panic attacks. Wow, definitely a success story and very inspiring!

I was going to write earlier today, but had to get ready for the family coming over for gift giving and Christmas Dinner which was a last minute decision. But everything turned out so well...I couldn't be more happier considering all the things I could get worked up over, but instead remained calm and steady doing what I could do.

It all worked out and we had a very happy and peaceful Christmas Day!

Paislee

Molly77 · Post by **Molly77** » Sun Dec 26, 2010 7:40 am

Thank you silverlining! Now I just will work on my paranoid thoughts when the door hasn't been locked..I mean they go obsessive after I have even checked the house once through.. Yes, that is Raven the little dog that we lost this year to sickness.

She was a very cute little one wasn't she? Especially with her Elf hat on LOL!

Hope77 · Post by **Hope77** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 6:37 am

crystaldawn2011. Wow great story. I hope that I can get to where you are now. My anxiety gets so bad that I can't even leave the house. I have been housebound for three months due to fear of driving basically. Thanks for your story it gives us HOPE!

Paisleegreen · Post by **Paisleegreen** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 7:07 am

Charles H- I like your picture!

I hope that you will be able to leave your house as well.

Paislee

Hope77 · Post by **Hope77** » Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:41 pm

Thanks Paisleegreen. The picture is from a nature and garden place. They have a lot of different types of flowers in different designs. I HOPE and PRAY that I will be able to leave my house soon and get my life back for myself, wife, and my two kids.

Hope77 · Post by **Hope77** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 1:43 pm

Anyone else want to add about their agoraphobia experiences?

MandiJ · Post by **MandiJ** » Wed Jan 12, 2011 5:47 pm

I have totally had this happen to me. It was weird at first just because I have always been a very social person. One day I noticed every time I went anywhere I would have a panic attack. The craziest thing was I did not feel scared of being out, its like my body had a mind of its own. First it was I couldnt go to Walmart, then going out to eat was hard, it got to the point I couldnt visit my family at their home without going into an attack. I was beside myself. How was it that I couldnt even visit my mother at the home I grew up in my whole life? I learned finally to accept that it was just anxiety. I forced myself to go to these places. I learned that if I started to panic I would walk outside and just BREATHE. Its a little annoying to have to do this when your out to eat and your food is getting cold because you keep needing to take a step outside to calm your anxiety

but the more I did it the better it got. I still have SEVERE anxiety and depression issues but atleast I can now go out in public more. I wont say I NEVER have an attack when I go out, some days are better than others, but it was everytime and now its once in a while.

Pauly J · Post by **Pauly J** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:15 pm

Hi hope and silverlining

I feel the exact same way as you both where i cannot be without a car at all times! I too would take my wife to work or wherever just so that the car would be with me at all times! I dont view it as a control thing however i see it as a means of escape in case i feel that i am at home an panic so bad that i feel the urge to escape or at worst case rush to the ER which has happened in the past! Although the likelihood of that happening is small i still feel that it is my security blanket just in case!

MandiJ · Post by **MandiJ** » Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:52 pm

Totally know that feeling. When my mother in law and sister in law invited me to the movies one time, I refused to drive with them, I had to take my own car so that I knew I had a way out if I needed it.