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."
Im only allowed to take two xanax a day and I already took one before my first shopping trip. I didn't like shopping at Fred meyers because in the junior girl section were girls who I was sure of were looking at me and thinking to themselves that I was ugly fat and weird looking and that I shouldn't shop in their section, I got one top. Today we shopped at night hoping that there wouldn't be alot of people. I was again in the junior girl section at kohls. I got two tops and a necklace. But during the trip each time i saw a girl looking at me i felt paranoid. Then there were alot of teen guys what make me freak out because of my androphobia. I tried to avoid them but one followed me and i felt so uncomfortable and my heart beat fast and i was almost tripping over myself and panicked and it almost felt unreal. Overall the trips sucked. I panicked, heart beat fast, paranoid, anxious about being in a public building and i am starving myself today, i succeeded but it affected my mood along with my sleep schedule which ends in about 3 nights.
Anyways, im tired emotionally and physically from the trip and my stomach hurts.
Anyways, im tired emotionally and physically from the trip and my stomach hurts.
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I'm sorry you had a bad shopping experience. I have that problem quite a bit. I have to really be calm and set my mind to positive before I can shop. I hate that thinking you're being followed by someone. You have to train yourself to let yourself know, "I'm calm, I'm safe, and everything is okay here."
laurie32
i am proud of that you did go outside and you went shopping. i am sorry that you was scared and had a panic attack. i know it can be hard to go outside. i have the same proublem. every time i go outside i feel so nevous and scared. i feel like to cry. my bf do goes with me with when i do go outside and that help a little bit. i am still scare. i am not sure what i am scared of when i go outside. i know i feel better when i am home.
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