Agoraphobia & Social Anxiety Support Group
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, often precipitated by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape. As a result, sufferers of agoraphobia may avoid public and/or unfamiliar places. In severe cases, the sufferer may become confined to their home, experiencing difficulty traveling from this "safe place."
Phone calls and not being able to leave the house.
I have a phone appointment in a couple minutes. It's the job centre and I hope they are calling me to find out if I'm still on the autism diagnosis waiting list. I don't know for definite what they are calling for so I can't prepare for it. I have a fear of answering phones but it helps when I know what time and date they are calling. I don't want to get sanctioned. I haven't been looking for jobs because my last work coach said I didn't have to if I was on the mental health programme, but it's not in writing so I might get sanctioned for not keeping to the agreement. Instead I have been doing some courses so it doesn't look so bad.
The guy from the mental health programme thinks that I am just shy and not going out because of pandemic panic. He must've forgotten about the hundred times that I told him I had this problem since way before the pandemic. He has also told me to go out jogging, also purposely forgetting that I am fat. I have ankle and knee problems because of my weight and he wants me to go jogging which is high impact, so I can lose weight. I told him I was gonna do cycling indoors instead. He wasn't happy. I accidentally made this into a vent but I didn't meant to. Sorry.
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Lately I've been feeling scared and full of anxiety. I recently found a lump under my nipple. I hurt my back too. I'm in the process of moving. I'm run down. Everything is hard
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Just wanted to give a thank you to Mid, Arfie, Malibumark, Greeneyes, Mlro, Girlincalif, and Suncloudjd! You all always have such helpful tips and advice, but I always forget to write on my posts when I see you post, lol. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my body, lol. Thank you all so much! I'm starting to use my AI app as a sounding board again. I used to use it as that before...

Keep venting, ISF. Your answers are in there. Listening. . .
Welcome aboard. You are not alone.
For what it's worth
This particular forum is not very active, but DS is a big website with allot of more active support available. I hope you'll take the time to surf around to see what other flavors of support might be helpful.