Am I the only one?

[Brittany7460]

Anxiety,panic attacks,ocd,agoraphobia,other phobias going on for 8 years or more

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I was agoraphobic for 14 years.

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

I have many types of phobias, which I feel is not common

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I only had agoraphobia. I also don’t like heights. I don’t mind being in tall buildings. Just not cool with being high up on a ladder.

[Brittany7460]

The mind is a weird thing that allows you to believe things even if its silly,weird,normal things to fear but overly obsess about

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Doctors are still learning how the brain works.

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

Im stuck in a mindset I can't get out of, been this way for a while.

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Are you sure it isn’t a chemical imbalance in the brain? I saw on tv once a woman who had a photographic memory. They scanned her brain and her scan was identical to someone with OCD. She just obsessed about remembering every thing. So it is a double edge sword.

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

Im not sure. I've been to numerous drs and psychiatrists over the years. Tried different techniques,medications,etc. I don't do all that good with medication, except alprazolam. But been on that for a while so tolerance increasing and not being able to get in with a psychiatrist im feeling hopeless

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I am sorry that you have suffered so long. I don’t see a psychiatrist or a therapist. They didn’t really help me. They wouldn’t make house calls. So I had to overcome my agoraphobia by myself. I know what it is like to be hopeless. It’s a heavy burden. I don’t know how I got over being hopeless. I just started working on leaving the house. I think after 14 years i was so hopeless I figured what do I have to lose by trying? Do you have family that support you?

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

Yes my husband understands and is supportive but it doesn't always help.

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What about extended family?

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

Not so much. They think im just looking for attention or something....not true....wouldn't wish this shit on my worse enemy

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Attention by having phobias? And they call us crazy. That is the dumbest thing I have heard. My family was very supportive of me and my condition. Except now I think they have had enough of me. No one wants me after my folks are gone. So I could be homeless in the future.

[Brittany7460 in reply to Hidden]

Gah I hope not, try to to think negatively. Easier said then done, Im prime example

[bribrunerjaime]

Your not alone, I have had Anxiety & Agoraphobia since I was 18, I’m going to be 38 in August. It has been rough, I have no words of real wisdom just know that you are definitely not alone! Just have to keep pushing forward, take it day by day.

[Brittany7460]

Thank you. It is rough. I just feel like there's something more, like the drs are missing

[Brittany7460]

Like how can be anxiety