I have developed agoraphobia out of nowhere. I'm a teacher (university) and during a lesson I suddenly felt trapped, like I was a prisoner. I felt like for the next 90 minutes I have to be here and everyone's attention is on me, there is no escape and no reasonable excuse for me to leave. I had a panic attack and since then I have been drinking a few shots of rum before I go and teach.
Been dealing with major anxiety whenever I leave my house. I’m constantly afraid to go out in public. It sucks because that’s the one thing that holds me back from a job. Everyone just thinks I’m too lazy to work. Wish I could conquer the fear of getting out in the world
Sometimes I'll have a perfect day. Can talk to people. I've somehow to push it away for a job. And when I'm feeling like I've got it all down, I can say hello, how are you, to people I know I'll never talk to again. But.. sometimes..it hits and I can't.
I have agoraphobia for more than 7 years now. Since I was bullied throughout my childhood by my family and peers at school. Also , suffering from heart break and betrayal. Being on Facebook which is my only outlet made it a lot worse for me.
suffer from anxiety depression panic attacks and agoraphobia, when I'm having a panic attack I get a churning sick bloated feeling in my stomach and a rushing feeling in my body and that feeling I'm going down a rollercoaster then, my heart beating really fast then feel like I'm going to pass out then the cold sweats and burning sensation all over my body with chest and arm pain feels like I'm going to die, once I get through it and stand up I feel dizzy faint sick aching all over, the next day as soon as I wake up my brain automatically focus on the attack I had yesterday then I'm constantly thinking about it worries me and hoping it doesn't come back and then it all happens again it's like a vicious circle I can't seen to break out of it affects my quality of life and I've developed agoraphobia for 5 years now as I'm frightened to leave the house in case I have one in public and away from home, it's a living nightmare. Ive seen the doctors and had ECG many times and blood test was all normal, but i keep thinking that have missed an underlined illness that doctors haven't detected i know thats not the case but my mind won't stop thinking about that and makes me worry and panic even more, im in constant state of panic and can't seem to break out of it, im only 41 yeaes old and i look out my window looking at people getting on with there day laughing smiling and been happy, as im looking at people passing by tears are streaming down my face and im getting to the point I feel like im having a nervous breakdown and going to loose complete control I'm afraid to wake up on a daily basis as I know the kind of day im going to have i really cant do this anymore I'm so drained and tired I don't know what to do someone please help me 😥
open spaces are very scary for me now as someone in a mall shooting I’m terrified of people and large / open spaces but like my brother said “It’s not the guns/ weapons it’s the people that Mis-use them”
I actually have no idea why I’m afraid to leave the house. I was never this way before Covid. (or maybe I was but didn’t notice it as much?) I’ve always had anxiety but I was a social butterfly, I loved making new friends and going out. Now… I just hate myself because it’s so hard to leave. It’s hard to put on clothes. It’s hard to put on makeup. It’s hard to walk outside. And by the time I get wherever it is I planned on going, I’m overwhelmed by the simple tasks of leaving the house and the anxiety “outside” brings on. I miss the old me. But when I was her, I hated her too.
I used to just have panic and social anxiety.. ptsd. I NOW after 20 years, I am homebound..It’s worse than ever. The reason? Stigma is still alive and well. People have been ruthless and mean. Talk about shamed and judged! Why? Because it’s an invisible illness. They can’t see it. I am horrified of people. It’s a double negative. First, for me* it was due to long term exposure/trauma/abuse. THEN, I’m judged because I’m looked at like I have leprosy. It is debilitating. My heart goes out to anyone suffering with this. I’d rather have a cancer…at least people would bring me chicken soup instead of pointing fingers.
I discovered your channel 2 years ago, instantly became a regular watcher of your newly posted vids. Point is - Just now wanted to do some research on agoraphobia. I thought, it'd be great if Grande had a video on this, I type key word in the search box... and bam ... Thank you Dr grande, I'm going back to the basics here, and nobody better to explain them than you😊
Ending a toxic relationship, caused major discomfort when leaving my house. On my mobile phone, I've just figured out how to get hold of your older videos Dr Grande.
Years ago I watched a movie and for comedy a character had agoraphobia and some of the funniest parts in the movie. But years later actually having it, its no joke, there is nothing funny about it. It ruins lives. And we don't even understand why.
I have agoraphobia too. I talk about how I'm trying to overcome it on my channel. I have comorbid bipolar disorder, but no panic disorder social anxiety or other specific phobias. My panic disorder became agoraphobia, I never had panic disorder prior to that. My agoraphobia is fear of a panic attack.
I think my fear is that people are going to crowd me too much, trap me in an aisle at a store, trap me in a room, talk at me all at the same time and demand a thought-out response to each line of dialogue RIGHT THEN, get too close to me (idk why I get like this cause “too close” to me is flexible.) And then I’ll react like a triggered cave man and walk away in handcuffs to the backdrop of a LOT of scared and/or angry and/or confused people. So idk if that’s a combo of agoraphobia and social anxiety or what.
I had a phobia of being in a car crashing through a bridge and drowning. I had nightmares about it a few times. The last nightmare I had of it, I seemed to die finally from being trapped in the car, drowning. After waking up, I remembered the nightmare and didn't have that specific phobia anymore. It was weird but somehow, it resolved it.
Over a decade ago, unbeknownst to me at the time, taking a course of Cipro gave me severe vertigo and anxiety. I had to go to the E.R. for I.V. hydration because I couldn’t stop vomiting and was quite dehydrated. The doctor found nystagmus and I was on sedated bed rest for almost a week, because all I could do was lie in bed. I had to use a cane, couldn’t walk in the dark unassisted, had to learn to walk and do gaze stability exercises to very eventually get back my abilities. I didn’t have trouble getting driven to doctors offices, but in stores, especially large ones, I fell to pieces. Then any other semi public spaces, even ones that were safe and in only good company, all sorts of crazy symptoms came at once, including the dizziness getting worse when I thought I’d improved a bit at home. That’s when I learned that my illness and anxiety gave me agoraphobia. It didn’t occur to me, because I thought it meant only the fear of open spaces. I did my therapy walks outside in those open spaces and did fine, although it still took a long time before I could walk a straight line in the dark, even with a cane. I love open spaces. I eventually recovered and could even feel safe driving, and after dark, and going for long walks day and night, but I have always had trouble long before and since, of going into Walmart and Sam’s. Airports give me trouble, because I get treated poorly there and because they’re so vast and spread out and I feel lost and confused and just shut down and stand there crying openly. I didn’t know it at the time, but many decades ago, I visited Tokyo and I felt overwhelmed by the density, crowds and hustle and bustle of that huge city. This was agoraphobia but I didn’t know it. My middle school was huge too, and it took a long time to get from one class to the next, and I had nightmares, even through adulthood, of getting lost in that school. Private school was the remedy, with the smaller campus, student body and class size. Oh, and did I mention that I’ve always done terribly in crowds?
small comment only from me, Agoraphobia sucks hate it hate it, and I don't suffer from it, I know someone who does and its hard even being around that person.
Ive been 6 months off of klonopin after 9 years of use an abuse everyday. I have agorophobia i cant leave my house. Its hard to just walk into the kitchen to get somethng to eat because when i get around my family in the living room it sends me into intrnse fear an panick. An dizziness an confusion. I dont know what to do. Every single little sound scares me to death. An i cant handle light. Its like im possesed by a demon am its torturing me .thats how it literally feels. My dad asked me today if i wanted to go the park with him an my neice. I said "no i dont feel good" . He said well you dont feel good because you dont go outside" . He just doesent get it. Im sure going outside would help later on in this process. But right now thers nothing that can make this better but time. When i go outside or even walk into the kitxhen it makes things way worse. Im parylized by fear an noone understands it. I felt like saying. No i dont ever feel good because klonopin gave me temporary brain damage .i honestly just know if im gonna make it out a sane person. I fear i have damaged brain to the point of no return. If this dont get a little better within another 6 months i dont know how im stay alive. Klonopin is ruining my young life . Why do some people get to live life an have not evem have anxiety problems or anything like that. Anthen some people suffer crippling anxiety an panick? Why cant i just be ok ? Its not fair.
I have it all since I was a teenager. It will never go away in case I’ve tried everything so I only feel safe at home stress free I was tired of suffering now I feel safe at home it’s been 5 years since I’ve went to a store, movie theater, theme parks , restaurants ect….
I don't seem to have this, but I have no clue what I have. I have a very bad fear of open spaces, it feels like the whole world has access to me and is caving in on me, opposite of claustrophobic, and I don't like open doors. Being in the open makes me feel like I gotta hide, an open door makes me feel like something is going to come through. I'm like 99% sure it's linked to child abuse, but I don't know the name
I have been diagnosed with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) and Luposlipaphobia (fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor)
Mine was caused from being raised and shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses and bullied by police Bad PTSD also I feel like a prisoner in my apartment and in public
I have ALL OF THOSE. Like literally the day I was born..my father screamed at my mom because I was a girl. And oh..so many other things. I've tried very hard and sometimes succeed for a time to be ok. Normal around people..if you want to put it that way. As well as my mom has a psychology degree too. Probably not as far as yours yet but..I've had this since long before she even went for that. It's sometimes so hard. I had to have my daughter answer my front door. And my phone. I hate shopping. But then there's there is so much more. I hate it.
I have been treated for Agoraphobia by different physicians over decades. Recent opinion has designated Ego as the cause. In other words, my irrational fears having a concrete basis in medicine, are simply my selfish Egotism at play. I disagree wholeheartedly. This tells me, they are Clueless as to my emotional issues and needs.
I have developed agoraphobia out of nowhere. I'm a teacher (university) and during a lesson I suddenly felt trapped, like I was a prisoner. I felt like for the next 90 minutes I have to be here and everyone's attention is on me, there is no escape and no reasonable excuse for me to leave. I had a panic attack and since then I have been drinking a few shots of rum before I go and teach.
Been dealing with major anxiety whenever I leave my house. I’m constantly afraid to go out in public. It sucks because that’s the one thing that holds me back from a job. Everyone just thinks I’m too lazy to work. Wish I could conquer the fear of getting out in the world
I have been those very ways my whole life and I believe that being made fun also adds to those fears.
Sometimes I'll have a perfect day. Can talk to people. I've somehow to push it away for a job. And when I'm feeling like I've got it all down, I can say hello, how are you, to people I know I'll never talk to again. But.. sometimes..it hits and I can't.
I have agoraphobia for more than 7 years now. Since I was bullied throughout my childhood by my family and peers at school. Also , suffering from heart break and betrayal. Being on Facebook which is my only outlet made it a lot worse for me.
suffer from anxiety depression panic attacks and agoraphobia, when I'm having a panic attack I get a churning sick bloated feeling in my stomach and a rushing feeling in my body and that feeling I'm going down a rollercoaster then, my heart beating really fast then feel like I'm going to pass out then the cold sweats and burning sensation all over my body with chest and arm pain feels like I'm going to die, once I get through it and stand up I feel dizzy faint sick aching all over, the next day as soon as I wake up my brain automatically focus on the attack I had yesterday then I'm constantly thinking about it worries me and hoping it doesn't come back and then it all happens again it's like a vicious circle I can't seen to break out of it affects my quality of life and I've developed agoraphobia for 5 years now as I'm frightened to leave the house in case I have one in public and away from home, it's a living nightmare. Ive seen the doctors and had ECG many times and blood test was all normal, but i keep thinking that have missed an underlined illness that doctors haven't detected i know thats not the case but my mind won't stop thinking about that and makes me worry and panic even more, im in constant state of panic and can't seem to break out of it, im only 41 yeaes old and i look out my window looking at people getting on with there day laughing smiling and been happy, as im looking at people passing by tears are streaming down my face and im getting to the point I feel like im having a nervous breakdown and going to loose complete control I'm afraid to wake up on a daily basis as I know the kind of day im going to have i really cant do this anymore I'm so drained and tired I don't know what to do someone please help me 😥
I haven't been outside in 4 years , I cry when my door opens.
Dr. Grande, You have been a great help for me understanding my adult daughter. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and expertise!
open spaces are very scary for me now as someone in a mall shooting I’m terrified of people and large / open spaces but like my brother said
“It’s not the guns/ weapons it’s the people that Mis-use them”
I actually have no idea why I’m afraid to leave the house. I was never this way before Covid. (or maybe I was but didn’t notice it as much?)
I’ve always had anxiety but I was a social butterfly, I loved making new friends and going out. Now… I just hate myself because it’s so hard to leave. It’s hard to put on clothes. It’s hard to put on makeup. It’s hard to walk outside. And by the time I get wherever it is I planned on going, I’m overwhelmed by the simple tasks of leaving the house and the anxiety “outside” brings on. I miss the old me. But when I was her, I hated her too.
I used to just have panic and social anxiety.. ptsd. I NOW after 20 years, I am homebound..It’s worse than ever. The reason? Stigma is still alive and well. People have been ruthless and mean. Talk about shamed and judged! Why? Because it’s an invisible illness. They can’t see it. I am horrified of people. It’s a double negative. First, for me* it was due to long term exposure/trauma/abuse. THEN, I’m judged because I’m looked at like I have leprosy. It is debilitating. My heart goes out to anyone suffering with this. I’d rather have a cancer…at least people would bring me chicken soup instead of pointing fingers.
I discovered your channel 2 years ago, instantly became a regular watcher of your newly posted vids. Point is - Just now wanted to do some research on agoraphobia. I thought, it'd be great if Grande had a video on this, I type key word in the search box... and bam
... Thank you Dr grande, I'm going back to the basics here, and nobody better to explain them than you😊
This video gives details regarding Agoraphobia as well as reminds of the common comorbidity involved in many cases.
Ending a toxic relationship, caused major discomfort when leaving my house.
On my mobile phone, I've just figured out how to get hold of your older videos Dr Grande.
Years ago I watched a movie and for comedy a character had agoraphobia and some of the funniest parts in the movie. But years later actually having it, its no joke, there is nothing funny about it. It ruins lives. And we don't even understand why.
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I have a social anxiety diagnosis but I identify with agoraphobia a lot.
I have agoraphobia too. I talk about how I'm trying to overcome it on my channel. I have comorbid bipolar disorder, but no panic disorder social anxiety or other specific phobias. My panic disorder became agoraphobia, I never had panic disorder prior to that. My agoraphobia is fear of a panic attack.
This is very helpful to understanding my psychology lecture better when it comes to Anxiety disorders, thanks!
I think my fear is that people are going to crowd me too much, trap me in an aisle at a store, trap me in a room, talk at me all at the same time and demand a thought-out response to each line of dialogue RIGHT THEN, get too close to me (idk why I get like this cause “too close” to me is flexible.) And then I’ll react like a triggered cave man and walk away in handcuffs to the backdrop of a LOT of scared and/or angry and/or confused people. So idk if that’s a combo of agoraphobia and social anxiety or what.
I've been dealing with panic in wide open places since being in jail for years
I had a phobia of being in a car crashing through a bridge and drowning. I had nightmares about it a few times. The last nightmare I had of it, I seemed to die finally from being trapped in the car, drowning. After waking up, I remembered the nightmare and didn't have that specific phobia anymore. It was weird but somehow, it resolved it.
Over a decade ago, unbeknownst to me at the time, taking a course of Cipro gave me severe vertigo and anxiety.
I had to go to the E.R. for I.V. hydration because I couldn’t stop vomiting and was quite dehydrated.
The doctor found nystagmus and I was on sedated bed rest for almost a week, because all I could do was lie in bed. I had to use a cane, couldn’t walk in the dark unassisted, had to learn to walk and do gaze stability exercises to very eventually get back my abilities.
I didn’t have trouble getting driven to doctors offices, but in stores, especially large ones, I fell to pieces. Then any other semi public spaces, even ones that were safe and in only good company, all sorts of crazy symptoms came at once, including the dizziness getting worse when I thought I’d improved a bit at home.
That’s when I learned that my illness and anxiety gave me agoraphobia.
It didn’t occur to me, because I thought it meant only the fear of open spaces. I did my therapy walks outside in those open spaces and did fine, although it still took a long time before I could walk a straight line in the dark, even with a cane. I love open spaces.
I eventually recovered and could even feel safe driving, and after dark, and going for long walks day and night, but I have always had trouble long before and since, of going into Walmart and Sam’s. Airports give me trouble, because I get treated poorly there and because they’re so vast and spread out and I feel lost and confused and just shut down and stand there crying openly.
I didn’t know it at the time, but many decades ago, I visited Tokyo and I felt overwhelmed by the density, crowds and hustle and bustle of that huge city. This was agoraphobia but I didn’t know it.
My middle school was huge too, and it took a long time to get from one class to the next, and I had nightmares, even through adulthood, of getting lost in that school.
Private school was the remedy, with the smaller campus, student body and class size.
Oh, and did I mention that I’ve always done terribly in crowds?
small comment only from me, Agoraphobia sucks hate it hate it, and I don't suffer from it, I know someone who does and its hard even being around that person.
Ive been 6 months off of klonopin after 9 years of use an abuse everyday. I have agorophobia i cant leave my house. Its hard to just walk into the kitchen to get somethng to eat because when i get around my family in the living room it sends me into intrnse fear an panick. An dizziness an confusion. I dont know what to do. Every single little sound scares me to death. An i cant handle light. Its like im possesed by a demon am its torturing me .thats how it literally feels. My dad asked me today if i wanted to go the park with him an my neice. I said "no i dont feel good" . He said well you dont feel good because you dont go outside" . He just doesent get it. Im sure going outside would help later on in this process. But right now thers nothing that can make this better but time. When i go outside or even walk into the kitxhen it makes things way worse. Im parylized by fear an noone understands it. I felt like saying. No i dont ever feel good because klonopin gave me temporary brain damage .i honestly just know if im gonna make it out a sane person. I fear i have damaged brain to the point of no return. If this dont get a little better within another 6 months i dont know how im stay alive. Klonopin is ruining my young life . Why do some people get to live life an have not evem have anxiety problems or anything like that. Anthen some people suffer crippling anxiety an panick? Why cant i just be ok ? Its not fair.
I have it all since I was a teenager. It will never go away in case I’ve tried everything so I only feel safe at home stress free I was tired of suffering now I feel safe at home it’s been 5 years since I’ve went to a store, movie theater, theme parks , restaurants ect….
I don't seem to have this, but I have no clue what I have. I have a very bad fear of open spaces, it feels like the whole world has access to me and is caving in on me, opposite of claustrophobic, and I don't like open doors. Being in the open makes me feel like I gotta hide, an open door makes me feel like something is going to come through. I'm like 99% sure it's linked to child abuse, but I don't know the name
I have been diagnosed with Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (fear of long words) and Luposlipaphobia (fear of being pursued by timber wolves around a kitchen table while wearing socks on a newly waxed floor)
Mine was caused from being raised and shunned by Jehovah's Witnesses and bullied by police
Bad PTSD also
I feel like a prisoner in my apartment and in public
I have ALL OF THOSE. Like literally the day I was born..my father screamed at my mom because I was a girl. And oh..so many other things. I've tried very hard and sometimes succeed for a time to be ok. Normal around people..if you want to put it that way. As well as my mom has a psychology degree too. Probably not as far as yours yet but..I've had this since long before she even went for that. It's sometimes so hard. I had to have my daughter answer my front door. And my phone. I hate shopping. But then there's there is so much more. I hate it.
It would be helpful to know your education background? Do you have education listed somewhere?
I do, it is on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/toddgrande
Thank you. 🌹
wgere is there help when you cannot leave the house and on limited ssdi ?
my phobia is Fear of hegits and and Aorgaphobia
Diagnosis are cool. You can hang them on the wall. Show your mates. Hey, look! I've got a diagnosis.
I have been treated for Agoraphobia by different physicians over decades. Recent opinion has designated Ego as the cause. In other words, my irrational fears having a concrete basis in medicine, are simply my selfish Egotism at play. I disagree wholeheartedly. This tells me, they are Clueless as to my emotional issues and needs.
Thank yiu
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Reading these comments gave me anxiety.bad idea.
Not kidding.