Feeling anxious whenever i go out.

[Zaizaii]

Hello everyone. As i mentionned in my last post i am recovering slowly but surely from the anxiety disorder. I just wanted to know. Actually iv noticed that everytime i have to go out for a party or dinner with friends or even when there is a celebration, i have a bad feeling. I get those palpitations and feel hot and cold. I know how to tackle it fortunately. I do deep breathing, relaxing closing eyes and think about something positive. So anyone know why this feeling does not want to go?

[Agora1]

Hi Zaizaii, It will eventually go away when you decide you no longer want it as part of your life. You need to get angry that it has stolen so much from you and then those feelings will start to dwindle. Slow at first and then with leaps and bounds. It took 6 years of my being Agoraphobic, missing so many events from funerals, weddings, parties, holidays etc until I really got angry of what this was doing to me (or actually what I was allowing it to do) From that moment things turned around. I am now back out in the limelight again and it's a good feeling to once again be able to enjoy life. It sounds like you are ready too Zaizaii now that you know how to tackle your anxiety with acceptance. Good Luck, you can do it..

[valachia-t]

Hi Z. This sounds like agarophobia, which I deal with.