Anxiety,panic attacks,ocd,agoraphobia,other phobias going on for 8 years or more
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Am I the only one?
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I was agoraphobic for 14 years.
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I have many types of phobias, which I feel is not common
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.
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
Doctors are still learning how the brain works.
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Im stuck in a mindset I can't get out of, been this way for a while.
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.
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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
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?
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Yes my husband understands and is supportive but it doesn't always help.
What about extended family?
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Not so much. They think im just looking for attention or something....not true....wouldn't wish this shit on my worse enemy
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.
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Gah I hope not, try to to think negatively. Easier said then done, Im prime example
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.
Thank you. It is rough. I just feel like there's something more, like the drs are missing
Like how can be anxiety