Have you ever been scared to leave the house?

[Hellhound]

No, not very scared, just demotivated to the extreme.

 

[Foxface]

When or IF I move, to the place where I want. I would be out everyday enjoying to walks on the property, going down to the lake. Clothesfree that is.

 

[go-go-ghost-ship]

I'm not exactly agoraphobic. I can go out sometimes. It's just every now and then I get very nervous about being with people. I can't figure out what it is that scares me.

 

[Silatuyok]

I'm not afraid of leaving, but my home is like a magnet to me. I prefer to go straight home after work, I would rather order in than go out to eat, and I am loathe to leave my neighborhood once I am home and settled in for the day. The more time I spend outside of home the less I feel the pull, but these days I am pretty much a homebody.

 

[Sacrament]

You really just have to get over it. Even if someone came to you and 'dragged' you out of the house, you'd still be afraid and paranoid. The change has to come from within yourself. Figure out what's rational and what's silly, and filter your own thoughts. We get fed negativity almost constantly, and it's our own job to focus on the good, instead of the bad.

I used to not even be able to take out the trash, when I was at my worst. Took me a few years to realize that there is so much beauty out there, and that there is no time to waste being afraid of it. Live your life. As Mark Twain said, twenty years from now you'll regret the things you did not do more than the things that you did do.

 

[Ransfordrowe]

Not to be rude about your mum but she should have been more helpful.Is there a teacher at school you trust or another family member you can discuss your fears,feelings with if you can not do that with your mum.In the past I have had a desire to stay inside.Since I find it tough being around people escpically strangers then a desire to stay in doors where you feel safe does make sense.But I dont give into these feelings since agrophobia is one outcome of not going out.Plus there are things outside I want to see and do.

 

[onehandclapping]

I get it from time to time. sometimes I get myself all sorted and ready to go out but I can't do it and find myself getting changed again and giving up on the idea. either that or I stand next to the door for about 10 minutes trying to psyche myself up to go outside.

 

[Zaki]

Absolutely. It can get pretty bad at times.

 

[SeleneHellena]

I never leave my house unless I have to, if I do I noticed that I come back home 3 times pretending in my mind I forgot something. I also spend nights crying and anxious knowing I have to leave the house to work and face people and talk to them on the phone. in the country where I live is way worse people are so rude and have no manners here :s I am actually leaving to another country because I cant face people here. Back in my country my anxiety was not that bad.

 

[Halym]

Yeah... I have been scared to leave the house for four years now.. It became a part of me along with deep depression... I am too scared to leave the house because I am afraid the past might repeat itself again... I also don't know how to deal with this.. I am the same as you, go-go-ghost-ship..