Welcome back agoraphobia
Feb 10th, 2007 by Michelle
*sigh* I must have hit a truly manic phase this week. I don’t know. I looked up the symptoms of Agoraphobia to be double certain I am not loosing my mind. This is what Psych Central has to say.
The essential feature of Agoraphobia is anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in the event of having a Panic Attack or panic-like symptoms.
Agoraphobic fears typically involve characteristic clusters of situations that include being outside the home alone; being in a crowd or standing in a line; being on a bridge; and traveling in a bus, train, or automobile.
I used to be able to drink 5 cups of coffee a day with no problems and I am talking cafe quality espresso and I would still feel depressed and want to sleep all the time. Now I have 2 cups of coffee and it’s Panic attacks here I come! I think I feel so strange because my body is adjusting. I don’t know. I JUST WANT TO FEEL FRICKEN NORMAL is that too much to ask!
I went to the gas station today, only because I had no choice. I was on empty. I didn’t have the $50 pre-auth on my debit card so i had to go inside the store. There were like 10 people in front of me and I wanted to walk out the door and leave, but then I probably would have ran out of gas on the way home. I managed to get through the line and pump my gas. Then I was gonna go in the dollar store and get this rug shampoo spray and I couldn’t do it. I guess I just have to wait the 6 weeks out and see.
