Forcing myself in situations(Bartending for years, always at social drinking events) have made it easier to get over. I am still phobic, but it is more controlled and does not affect my eating or being scared to eat in public due to fear of throwing up.

working

im afraid to leave the house my fear is not being accepted by others and ever since i had my tonsels out last year i feel my voice carnt pronounce half the words it used to, i used to be outspoken now i carnt even hear my self speak im jus rotting away but what can i do about it , others are suffering a whole lot worse im told so i just learn to have no help

i know that this will probably continue until i confront them, but for now i dont want to

I have never tried to fly. with steep stairs I take my time. with escalators, if there is an elevator around I'll pick the elevator. Any car going over 50 scares me...I usually work a crossword puzzle to take my mind off of the speed.

you have too accept that these things cannot hurt you and learn too put your fears behind you.

i just accept the fact i have ts and realize its not so bad and i just get over my insecuritys

Acceptance has worked with all my other agoraphobic fears, not driving bridges.

I dont believe everything happens for a reason but I believe you can find a reason for everything.

Well, what else can I do?

I accepted my illness. I accepted that I wouldnt be able to do every port. I found ones that worked for me. Swimming and Shotput some volleyball.

Accepting the fact that I was sick has been crucial to my survival. I stopped trying to explain or rationalize it away and just let it in. I was so in shock that holistic medicine and my natural, healthy lifestyle had allowed me to get sick. I did everything right but sometimes shit just happens.
I know now that the true meaning of holistic just means whole, so if I am honoring my whole self still while I cautiously explore western medicine, then I am still living holisticaly.

There is no cure, or drug that hepls really, its just life and we accept it.

I dodnt have much of a choice, I had to let it go. I was scared to go to school, I missed over a hundred days every year. It was really bad, then I all together stopped going. I went to a therapist, and she told me there was nothing i could do for those days I missed, i just needed to get over it. I did, it was like a slap in the face, i woke up, ive been going to school everyday now.

Acceptance is the key to moving on. Once I accepted it was truly over a weight was lifted off me and my days are better.