does anybody....

[HONEYSWEET]

does anybody fear being left on there own for the day?

[HONEYSWEET]

i feel like im just being ignored

[LRosen]

Hi,

I used to have a fear of being left alone.
I started having panic attacks one day and was afraid to be alone.
Each morning when my husband would be getting ready to leave it would bring on another panic attack, so he would have to drop me off at my parents house for the day.
This was not an ideal situation for either of us, so after a couple weeks of this I went to a counselor. He suggested that we try having my husband leave me alone for short periods of time. We started this on a weekend. So Saturday her left me alone for 30 minutes, he did this twice that day, I did well so Sunday he left for 2 hours, I did fine, Monday & Tuesday he worked only a partial day so left me alone for 4 hours each day, Wed and Thursday 6 hours and finally Friday he worked a full day. I told a couple of neighbors what was happening with me so I had them as backups incase I started to have an attack before my husband returned, but did not need them - was just an additional comfort to know I could call on them.
The amount of time I was left alone was agreed upon ahead of time so I knew exactly how long he would be gone. Worked well for us...

[HONEYSWEET]

hi lrosen, thank u for replying, im glad yr better. i do attually stay on my own and i stay on my own all day, i have a social phobia and find it hard getting out the house on my own too, mother has to work and no family up this end. i just hate being on my own all day, i think its making me more ill but being with people scares me to, i feel im stuck between a rock and a hard place:(

[admin]

hi lrosen, thank u for replying, im glad yr better. i do attually stay on my own and i stay on my own all day, i have a social phobia and find it hard getting out the house on my own too, mother has to work and no family up this end. i just hate being on my own all day, i think its making me more ill but being with people scares me to, i feel im stuck between a rock and a hard place:(

You can go and meet people on gradual basis. I mean to start meaning one or two people and take it from there.