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Personal Story from the ADAA Community: Crawling Through Fear

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"At the young age of 7 years old, I was diagnosed with agoraphobia," Jimmy says. " At the time, I didn't understand such a big word. Nobody does when you are that young. As I grew older, things only felt like they were getting worse."

Read Jimmy's personal story of Triumph about agoraphobia, anxiety and depression; adaa.org/living-with-anxiet...

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