diagnosed with agoraphobia!

[Emilyjane]

So today i went to the anxiety clinic in my local town, after waiting about 8 weeks! i was quite anxious to find out what he would say about me, turns out i have agoraphobia, panic disorder and depression, depression is quite mild though. Id never really heard of agoraphobia or thought id have anything to do with it, i knew i had some sort of anxiety problem but to my knowledge most people with agoraphobia cant leave the house and find it hard to socialize,. i mean yeah it varies and depends how severe one has it.. but i have no trouble leaving the house or socializing, i just get very home sick easy and will leave in the middle of doing something and try to get home as fast as i can. i cant stay at peoples houses like i used to when i was a kid (fun sleepers!) not anymore and i also suffer greatly from depersonalization.. anyone who has agoraphobia feel free to comment below and share what you feel and have trouble doing, would be great to get off your chest and also help me understand a bit more (:

[Emilyjane]

fun sleepovers*

[Nikolas]

i struggled for along time with agorphobia and phobias of all sorts.....taking showers going in the basement being away from home... etc etc...... then i starteyd taking zoloft and it went away... i jusy have troubles driving on highways and interstates alone now... can do easily if sum1 with me tho.... how r u doing now thx for posting also

[Emilyjane]

Wow showering ? Basements. My phobias don't consist so much of that.. Mine consist more just being away from home and out f my comfort zone.. Not being able to get back and being stuck there forever
I also fear that I'm schizophrenic :/ I don't know what to believe! I fear I'm going to end up in a mental home if that was the case I'd rather die than be embarrassed by that!
Good quote btw, makes sense

[Nikolas]

Wow showering ? Basements. My phobias don't consist so much of that.. Mine consist more just being away from home and out f my comfort zone.. Not being able to get back and being stuck there forever
I also fear that I'm schizophrenic :/ I don't know what to believe! I fear I'm going to end up in a mental home if that was the case I'd rather die than be embarrassed by that!
Good quote btw, makes sense

yes its embarassing and i felt the same way rather be dead then to be like that, tell i got better..... and my agora was the same as yours comfort zone and all and being far or away from home

[churlchil]

Diagnosed with agoraphobia!this is the medial terminology so need some help about its detail and its explanation ? If somebody have the accurate idea about it narrate here nicely and properly.

[stone9091]

fun can in awaknesssss ......... lolzzzzzzzz

[cerise]

that's very weird... what you said about not having trouble leaving the house but wanting to come back as soon as possible, I have something similar as well, I haven't been diagnosed with it yet but I know I had it about two years ago when I didn't leave the house in about 3-4 months literally but this was because I was having severe depression, after that I was somehow able to leave the house with the help of a friend. But in the beginning it was veryyy hard for me. Now two years later I am having depression again, and I find myself not being able to cope with crowded places anymore, or even going to school is a drag because i want to come back home asap, or last nite I went to a friend's house and i had a terrible panic attack, which was a very unpleasant experience mostly because I have no idea what triggered it and other people were there. But I do have a bit of trouble socializing when I'm depressed anyway so in that part I guess I differ from what you just said. Right now I am able to leave the house but if given a choice I wouldn't... I wish I could just talk to someone about all of this... panic attacks are very tiring and the depression itself makes me feel tired and uneasy sometimes...