Have you gone days without leaving your house?

[froghat]

Since I've been unemployed for 6 months and have zero friends, I got in a bad habit of staying inside for days at a time. Not good! I notice when I go back out after staying in for a while I get really really nervous. It's like my brain is telling me "Wow, this is a new place. This isn't your comfort zone.. Watch out!" and I become really stiff, nervous, and I feel so distant from everyone else. It's a horrible feeling. This is why I need to get back to work and start interacting with people again. Have you guys ever gone through a period like this? Experience this feeling? It's really not healthy, but hopefully getting into a daily routine again will get rid of alot of that fear

 

[qwerty103_2]

Since I've been unemployed for 6 months and have zero friends, I got in a bad habit of staying inside for days at a time. Not good! I notice when I go back out after staying in for a while I get really really nervous. It's like my brain is telling me "Wow, this is a new place. This isn't your comfort zone.. Watch out!" and I become really stiff, nervous, and I feel so distant from everyone else. It's a horrible feeling. This is why I need to get back to work and start interacting with people again. Have you guys ever gone through a period like this? Experience this feeling? It's really not healthy, but hopefully getting into a daily routine again will get rid of alot of that fear

I've got the exact same feeling too. I just finished high school and just stay home everyday. Last week, I went out after not going out for a while, I felt more nervous than before. It's really weird because when I was still in school I wasn't that much nervous.

Is this Agoraphobia? It seems that we need to keep going outside more in order for us to be more comfortable. But where would I go? I have nowhere to go :\

 

[chris87]

I've probably gone a few weeks without leaving the house. If I'm off from school (summer vacation) and don't have work, I have little reason to go anywhere. I'm not as bad now that I have a car. Before that, I hardly ever left the house, unless I was going to school.

 

[Lexmark]

I have been a week without leaving the house
But when i finally did i had a differant experience yo you
my anxiety was actually less and I had to learn it again

 

[Rodox]

Around 3 months without leaving the house,ditched school claiming to be sick ,this was back in high school,not even to the supermarket,I didnt even know about Social Phobia,agoraphobia and etc,I thought I was getting crazy.

 

[ljwwriter]

Right now it has officially been a week since I left the house. Strange how I barely even notice it.

 

[Ventrilo]

most days i have off of work & school i don't go out. Probably 1/30 i do

 

[caitlynx]

Yeah. And the internal battle to leave the house is the worst.

 

[alwmt]

I stay in the house for various periods of time. I don't even really notice until I finally go out again. I just stay in with my tv and computer and I have the blinds closed to keep the sunlight out.

 

[dottie]

Re: Staying inside

I know what you mean I have been out a job for over a year and stayed inside alone with the blinds closed. I'm starting to question my sanity when I can't even visit the gas station - just go in and buy a candy bar and leave without my heart pumping and feeling like im being judged everywhere I go. After 365 DAYS its starting to get a little annoying.

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