Agoraphobia Panic Attacks
(Note: This is page 2 of agoraphobia panic attacks, for page 1 of this article please read agoraphobia panic disorder)
I thought I must be going crazy! I was stuck in my life and I was losing touch with friends because I was so terrified of going out and possibly having agoraphobia panic attacks. I was worried that if I left home, I might experience a panic attack. And if I had a panic attack, I might be left vulnerable and completely at the mercy of the place I might be in and the strangers that might be out there.
I believed that I would be safer at home where I wouldn’t have to worry about having agoraphobia panic attacks during dangerous situations like driving or have to deal with the humiliation of “freaking out” in public.
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What I have eventually come to realize, is that my life was closing in on me and becoming smaller and smaller because of the belief that there was a “safe zone.” That is to say, I believed that I would be safe at home and somehow stepping out of the house, I would somehow be less safe. I now know that there really is no safe zone. Sitting in my home is just as safe as walking down a crowded street. I’ve had panic attacks in all sorts of situations and in several different places, and I’m still alive at well. In due time every one of my agoraphobia panic attacks would have passed on its own with or without medical attention. I could even have had one out in the wilderness and though it might be terrifying, it would eventually pass and I would be physically fine–with no medication, no doctors, and no safety anywhere to be found.
How about you? Even after your most extreme agoraphobia panic attacks, where you were absolutely convinced you were dying, aren’t you still here alive?
Yes, it is important to seek medical attention if you are having a serious physical problem such as an asthma attack, diabetes, or some other serious physical ailment, but no doctor on earth will tell you that you are more safer at home than at the grocery store or the shopping mall. There is no safe zone.
Trust me I’ve been there and I’ve had to deal with all the fear and anxiety. If you can get this idea, and really feel it on a gut level, it can change the way you see the world and it can give you back your freedom. This small concept was truly life-changing once I got it deep down inside. It started the ball rolling that helped me get my agoraphobia panic attacks under control by changing the way I saw the world.
I know you can recover. How? Because I recovered, myself. Nowadays, I’m a firm believer in the idea that what one person can do, another person can also do. The path may not always be the same, but you can take control of your life as well.
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