Discussion Anyone here severely agoraphobic?

[needlesstosay]

Hi,

I wanted to ask this because it can at times feel really lonely. There are so many people across the globe that say they are agoraphobic or have a severe anxiety disorder and still manage to get around living a pretty normal life, it really frustrates me. I have been completely agoraphobic for the last 5 years of my life, I could count the amount of times I have left the house on one hand. It's never ending and I just cannot get better because I am too afraid to face the fear head-on by myself.

That's all,
thanks.

 

[Eternal Disaster]

I also feel lonely and I cannot manage a normal life with agoraphobia. This thing makes me more suicidal than depression and OCD.Whenever I look at people I feel so angry on myself for being such a shit but I know it's not my mistake.

Thanks for the thread. I really feel bad when I hear some shit just because of this disorder. It makes me feel that I am the only one suffering from these things.

 

[SomewhereAlongThe]

Every time I go on the bus I fear it's going to crash, and I only take the bus once a week to get groceries. I have to leave the house when I don't want to, because I fear for my life. I have really bad anxiety sorrounding this. Being outside is just too much for my autism, my ears are sensitive and the noises of the cars passing are far too intense. I may not have severe agoraphobia but I can relate in some ways. Being inside, in my room alone, is my kryptonite.

 

[Busridin'26]

Yup. Was just in a lyft and there was some traffic andwas already struggling to breathe but made it harder. Used to be able to be ok in ubers and lyfts but even those lately. Wayyyyyyy too much.

I feel agoraphobia impacts more than just going outside or mixes with my other anxieties but like even being in certain places in my apartment is fucking impossible and/or torture...

It's suffocating.

 

[CumbriaCTB]

My local culture is absolutely hostile to people like myself and it's socially acceptable for complete strangers to hurl verbal abuse at me in the street. I haven't left the house on my own since January - the longest bout of agoraphobia so far - and, in the age of grocery delivery and disability benefits, why the hell should I subject myself to communal-scale harassment? Nothing outside of my front door is worth the risk anyway due to my chronic anhedonia.

Still, I am fairly extroverted so it would be nice to get to know some people but, unfortunately, what I've found is that everybody locally is either abusive or simply not interesting enough to be worth running the harassment-gauntlet from my house and through the streets to reach whichever hobby group I'm feigning interest in that month lmao