So I'm new to this site. Not exactly sure how this works.. Hopefully someone is reading. I have been suffering with agoraphobia for a few years now. I was housebound, got better and ventured little by little. About 5 months ago I ended up right back at square one :/ or should I say zero! I haven't left my home in 5 months. I can't even go off my block. I do walk my dog some but not far before the anxiety hits me hard and I'm speed walking back home. I'm living with my parents, and the person I am dating. We've been together for almost 9 months and they have no idea that I have this condition. I have managed to hide it this whole time. Only my parents and very few other people know of this condition. My anxiety is getting worse by the day. I've become an insomniac due to worrying about everything imaginable. I have done a lot of research over the years... and I know the best way to conquer this is to face it, and to do baby steps. I can't seem to grasp it. I am scared out of my mind and feel alone. My parent's are getting tired of me being this way and I'm tired of trying to hide it! Anyone.... Someone.....please tell me you can relate? I need some encouragement. Keeping this a secret and having the ones who do know, fed up with my condition isn't helping. Can someone please give me some tips? Tell me how to work myself up to getting better? I have klonopin for anxiety but I'm too scared to take it. (apparently I have a lot of issues holding me back ): Can anyone help me get started? I'm facing this alone with no help.. No one to understand what I'm feeling, Nor not really anyone to tell..... to get help. I absolutely am stuck in my mind. I'm a prisoner of fear... I need some friends who are going thru this or have gone thru this and beat it. Pleaseeee tell me how?!