agoraphobia, please help!

Dont except that as an anxiety rule. Do not allow that.it happens with panic disorder ..its is part of it at times but you serously can not allow it.it is a self destructive anxiety rule big time and you can absolutely conquer this..but your body cant feel two emotions simutanously so get angry at this rule and use headohines to keep your brain busy.You have to reject that rule and walk outside and lay down if needed if you have a yard. Or out a chair in the front and use the chair.. Stay by your house if needed at first but walk out and sit or lay on the grass. You can put in headphones and play music or a anxiety book or anything, but do not except that as okay. You might need meds at first to help you turn off your adrenaline but its imoortant to fight it. Id say lay on the grass in your yard if you have one. Stay there for ten minutes. Do this every three hours for the first three days. Then go out and sit on the grass. Do this every three hours for three days. Then go outside and walk about in your yard ten minutes every three hours. Then you should feel a bit better with being outdoors and walk around your home outside walk around like a circle and do this for ten minutes or three or four songs on your ipad. Then after a couple of days you will walk two houses down and back and go back and fourth for ten minutes. Every three days advance by a house and back until you walk five minutes away and five minutes back.allow any adrenaline rush to occur..you are safe and right by your hiuse..just let the adrenaline rush through and say i am free and i know this is an adrenaline rush but i want to be outside and breathe the fresh air and be with nature. Its exposure therapy short and sweet but very safe.its fine in the rain or cold dress appropriately. But do it in the steps i noted.you can do this. You will do this. You deserve to be free and go iutdoors. Believe with every cell in yiur bidy you can beat this because you are worth it.its a horrid anxiety rule, a horrid mind trick of fight or flight. Start by laying in the grass in your yard. It will feel a lot safer and yiu will be comoletely safe whilst laying down for the ten minutes. But use headphones so you do side track your brain. There is nothing wrong with taking meds to help you through this it is well worth the re training of your anxiety rules. Be very hinest with any therapist you speak with. Dont even worry or think about anything in terms of going to the store, you want to get outside first. One baby step at a time. One out of seven people have an some form of anxiety disorder, you are not alone. Agoraphobia rides the back of panic disorder. Many people fight this with all the stregnth they have and its why so many do take medicine, and thats okay. Good luck im rooting for you.

 

Have you tried volunteering at all? It's good to surround yourself with people that want to help people, whether they are helping you or others. I am struggling with this really bad right now too, tired of feeling mad at myself for not doing anything because I am too scared of it all. I haven't started the volunteering yet but I am looking into different programs I can try, one little step at a time. My biggest obstacle is getting over what everyone else thinks of me. 

Hello everyone, since 2 weeks have passed I thought I'd update you on my progress so far... 

So the other week I met up with some of my mum's friends for a coffee, I managed to stay there for 3 hours talking! (obviously I was too distracted to think anxious thoughts), granted I was with my mum, I am still so proud of myself for being able to sit there for hours and not feel like running out of the nearest exit. I did have slight panicky feelings towards the end but instead of running I sat and told myself that I wouldn't feel any different outdoors, and it worked! I was a bit reluctant to go out for a few days after those feelings I had towards the end, but when I did decide to go back out again, on my own, I did a 2 minute walk around my neighbourhood, then a 3 minute walk and tonight I beat those times and managed to walk my dogs for 10 minutes around my neighbourhood!

I know I'm not as close to getting out on my own as I'd like to by a long shot, but all of your kind and motivational words has spurred me on to get out there, because I really don't want to waste another day feeling like this. So thank you all so much for your support. I hope we can all beat this together!