am i alone

[apayett24]

i haven't went anywhere's in 5 years i dont leave my house when i try i only get a little ways down my road like maybe 100 feet then my heart will start to pound and i have to run back to house to my room and sit till my heart will stop feeling like i'm having a heart attack i'm 26 i also get hot sweats and shaky dizzy sometimes and the feeling like nothing is real like it's a big dream i'm so scared of having a tumor or something or a stroke or heart attack when i went to the doctor to have it diagnose my heart got up to 193 and wouldn't settle down that was 2 years ago i'm always scared i just want to live again i tried med's all they did was make it worse and make me cry all night long.

[Hidden]

You aren’t alone, there are others on this site with agoraphobia too and some have been housebound as well.

[apayett24 in reply to Hidden]

I’m just so tired of fighting so hard and not getting anywhere

[Rabbit1234]

hello 24 , I know how you feel.My wife doesthings with hwr sisters and friends and I'm glad she does,because even when she is here i feel down and lonely.

[Hidden]

I was agoraphobic for fourteen years. Didn’t leave the house from age sixteen till I was thirty. It wasn’t easy to overcome, but sometimes I wish I tried harder when I was younger. I am forty this year and am behind the eight ball as it comes to a job or any way of becoming self sufficient. My advice to you is don’t give up! Please learn from my mistakes. You don’t want to be in the situation I am in.

[kimmy1286 in reply to Hidden]

I just want to say how much I agree with this lost most my 20s now I'm in my early 30s but I almost let it happen again! Well done you some people will never understand the strength it takes! I am the same in job terms and being self sufficient losing that many years but each year gets a little closer hope it does for you too!

OP you can break through it and it takes some strength just start out really small just standing outside is enough of a start when I was really bad I got some good advice one was to ground myself by standing in the garden in my bare feet I thought it odd advice but it actually helped! You can beat this don't lose anymore of your 20s xxxxxx

[apayett24 in reply to kimmy1286]

Thank you

[Cocoon3]

We are all here for each other!!!

I still get out some but nothing like I did

I used to be the social butterfly so I understand somewhat and yes it’s lonely I tried to keep your mind occupied find something you’re good at ...drawling , coloring, crafts, cropping pics, helping others on this site, write to encourage young prisoners ...whatever !!

🌹you’re a piece of this world ..out which piece you are🌹

[artist58]

Hi. I'm sure you know that you have a psychological problem. I would suggest you find one of the sites you can talk to a therapist on the phone. Maybe you can get some help that way. Also I think a cardiologist would be of benefit. I do not want to give up. You have a good reason for being here . Take care. Your friend