agoraphobia

[priyank_unbeatable]

what is Agoraphobia ?

a generalized fear of leaving home or a small familiar 'safe' area, and of possible panic attacks that might follow.
this might be confused with home sickness but they are diffrent.

[Salazarr]

You said that home sickness is different right? Could you explain what the differences are? Because i also mix it with Home sickness. They seem incredibly similair.

[Greenpixy18]

FFHhhh.... Could you imagen being afraid of leaving your own house. You'd have to be home schooled, get someone else to do your shopping and things like that, but you would eventually have to leave the house at somepoint, so your pretty much screwed if you have that phobia.

[Salazarr]

lol yes of-course but you have the fear of leaving the house...you probably would go out of your house, but dead frightened.

[bowman]

I think to better describe this phobia, it is nothing short of putting yourself in a cage. This phobia is very odd, but the person suffering from this will have lots to overcome.

[Salazarr]

oh, thank you for explaining it to me.
So you feel trapped in a cage, like a prison. But that dosnt explain why you dont want to break free...

[goutham]

I have pretty bad agoraphobia - so bad in fact, I've been homeschooled my entire Junior year. Any tips on how to get over the anxiety?

[alisha34]

he term agoraphobia has been widely misunderstood. Its literal definition suggests a fear of "open spaces". However, this is an incomplete and misleading view. Agoraphobics are not necessarily afraid of open spaces. Rather, they are afraid of having panicky feelings, wherever. these fearful feelings may occur. For many, they happen at home, in houses of worship, or in crowded supermarkets, places that are certainly not "open".

In fact, agoraphobia is a condition which develops when a person begins to avoid spaces or situations associated with anxiety. Typical "phobic situations" might include driving, shopping, crowded places, traveling, standing in line, being alone, meetings and social gatherings.

Agoraphobia arises; from an internal anxiety condition that has become so intense that the suffering individual fears going anywhere or doing anything where these feelings of panic have repeatedly occurred before. Once the panic attacks have started, these episodes become the ongoing stress, even when other more obvious pressures have diminished. This sets up a "feedback condition" which generally leads to increased numbers of panic attacks and, for some people, an increase in the situations or events which can produce panicky feelings. Others experience fearful feelings continuously, more a feeling of overall. discomfort, rather than panic.

[willamtarker]

Agoraphobia arises; from an internal anxiety condition that has become so intense that the suffering individual fears going anywhere or doing anything where these feelings of panic have repeatedly occurred before.

[Connor]

A person with agoraphobia fears being in places where there is a chance of having a panic attack that people may witness, and getting away rapidly may be difficult.

[doma]

Agoraphobia may arise by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. Alternatively, social anxiety problems may also be an underlying cause. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia avoid public and/or unfamiliar places, especially large, open, spaces such as shopping malls or airports where there are few places to hide. In severe cases, the sufferer may become confined to his or her home, experiencing difficulty traveling from this safe place. Although mostly thought to be a fear of public places, it is now believed that agoraphobia develops as a complication of panic attacks.[1] However, there is evidence that the implied one-way causal relationship between spontaneous panic attacks and agoraphobia in DSM-IV may be incorrect.[2] Approximately 3.2 million adults in the US between the ages of 18 and 54, or about 2.2%, suffer from agoraphobia.