i have not really left the house in a year. started 2 junes ago my sister took me to a spine hosiptal last december and in the waiting room thought i was gunner poo my self. then in april my sister forced me in her car to get mcies in drive through i waa crying , couldnt breathe / body felt week and tinglly july we had to move house so i had to be drugged up to get here / when i went to see my bedroom had another axiety attack but this time my brain couldnt control my legs / so started panicing more. two weeks later my two sisters came and forced me upstairs/ that i havnt been since we moved. to get in the shower and set off another attack but this time my chest got so tight i started screaming in tears havnt left the house or been upstairs since 3 weeks ago my mum got rushed to hospital and could of died twice so my family thinks im selfish / and there forcing me to my nans during christmas iv tried to tell them but they dont want to hear / they keep thinking im making excusses and sayying i need to push my self im not going to die. they dont understand how hard it is for me / i have mild attacks twice aday but its the big ones im scared of. they say they have big anxeity attacks and they get on with it / why cant i
Hi Leah.
Sorry to hear you’ve been having a tough time. I also suffer from agoraphobia so I can understand what you’re going through.
Have you figured out why you’re scared to go out - what are you afraid is going to happen? I think if you can understand why you’re scared to go outside then that will help you to overcome it.
It’s not really fair for your family to tell you to “get on with it”, everyone deals with things in their own way.
i agree with the other comment. you are not afraid of cars or trees or people. you are afraid of the way you feel everytime you leave the house.
i was the same way. and i understand you. why leave the house if you are going to feel like crap?
my suggestion; start small. go for a walk around your house. have someone drive you up and down the street.
how i got over it was, i had someone force me to leave. yes i felt horrible and had a panic attack but it does not last forever. it got easier and easier each time.
this is the tricky bit
iv got aspergers so iv always had bad anxiety as my twin sisters would fight so.
i had anbortion when i was 17 and hated my self since
everyone iv ever been with used me till someone better came along
4 years of health and social care with dead lines collage
i got a phobia of people who got the stomach flu
phobia of all animals
phobia of needkes
and a big fear of my anxiety scares me to death/ when people telll you to breath you be fine / they dont realised yes its in my head buf the syptoms are real / hot / feeling sick / vomiting/ dizzy/ panicy / quicker breath / fast hartbeat /numb and tingling
ps iv got acid reflux and ibs so all of them play off eachother
so i dont know why im like this
I suffer from the same condition too. It started two years ago. Before that I could ride extreme roller coasters, zip lines, travel long distances and vacation in other countries 1000’s of miles away without much thought at all.
I am SLOWLY recovering. The problem with them forcing you to visit a distance that far is that it will make you even more afraid… at least it would me. Then I would be stuck in the home…again. I agree you need to push yourself. But make them understand that pushing yourself is perhaps walking out to the driveway and back everyday until you can start walking a bit more down the road. Slow progress is better than no progress.
Every time I have a major attack I cant even get out of bed for two weeks. I get sore and my body feels like it was thrown down a set of stairs. Can’t handle the sensations of the shower. I find that I have to push myself and then I will be even more calm at home. If I do not push myself at all I would develop panic attacks even in the most comfortable circumstances. Kind of like trying to dig a hole in the sand at the beach. It gets bigger but collapses and you got to start digging it out again otherwise you will never reach your goal.
I got to ask, what do you do to keep your mind busy? What I hate is that I am either board or extremely stressed. Hard to stay someplace in between those sensations.
erm i wake up at 4 or 7 eat my breakfast then fall asleep till 10
then i facetime my couzin shes the only one who understands me
play sims on my phone or research stuff/ at the moment im researching anti wrinkle pills and whats the best ingrediemts
by this time its 4 by then im tired so sore slip disc and because i dont move my legs kill
ill have desert for my dinner while watching friends over and over again then take my meds and sleep with my fan on
Is anyone on medication for this,
Sigh… I am but I think it is the medication that has caused it.
Many years ago I was slightly depressed and went to the doctor because I thought it was the correct thing to do. Medication absolutely turned me into a nut case, I was much better off without it. Instead of stopping meds the doctor insisted to try different ones and I got worse and suffered my first panic attack. I eventually got better on the only thing that worked “Klonopin” but supposedly it should be only taken short term. Was not told that and I am on it 8 years now. Was fine for a few years on Klonopin until two years ago when I suddenly developed agoraphobia.
If i knew then what I know now.
1st lifestlye change and therapy
2nd eat healthy/exercise
3rd alternative treatments
4th Absolutely last, see a doctor for a prescription. The exception is to get blood work done sooner to make sure you don’t have an underlying condition.