I haven't left mine in 9 months and its driving me crazy, I feel so helpless and some days I can't stand it but when I think about getting in the car and going somewhere I feel panic and think its too far to go. Panic starts setting in and I feel like I could die if I try it.
Does anyone have anxiety so bad that they can't leave their house?
Question posted by kaylyn on 16 May 2011
Last updated on 18 August 2023 by David1953
126 Answers Page 3
David1953
3 Dec 2017
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VampireIdle
28 Nov 2017
I know how you feel. I generally dont go out alone, if I go out it is either way with my mother or my fiance, but even then I need to calm myself and have horrible chest pain before going out. I am scared that one day it will be so bad that they have to take me to a hospital. It actually frightens me so much that most of the times I do not go out at all.
Do you have someone that you trust? Like a partner or someone in your family? Dont be afraid to ask them for help.
Robert roberts
18 Nov 2017
Try opening your door. Stand on the porch. Do this for several days. Then walk to sidewalk. Do this for. several days. Later. Get in car start it. Turn off engine. What I am saying is baby steps... drive around the block, then two blocks. Slowly take on the anxiety.
Paul66
18 Nov 2017
I no the feeling even thinking of going out it all starts
Leah100
18 Sep 2017
Yes i do on alot of days, i feel a burden on people as well as everyone else is getting on with their life working etc while i feel so alone and lost!
Nidz1969
16 April 2017
I'm writing this in April 2017
For all that is suffering from this awful condition.
I had my agoraphobia for 3 years ish, couldn't leave the house at all, answer the phone, answer mail. I was totally trapped. It happened 3 months after a nervous breakdown I had, after I lost my dad and a few months later my husband committed suicide. This and other factors just sent me off the rails. Into the darkest place I have ever been in my life, I honestly thought I would be there forever. My husband died in 2011, breakdown was Jan 2012. Since that I'd lost friends had luekemia, had a stroke and now have epilepsy. One day in late 2014, I thought my life couldn't be like this anymore. I was a person that had been to 46 countries and now couldn't leave the house. I made myself go out the front door. Now I try and go out as much as I can, still only to familiar places, still haven't got on a plane, bus or train.
I still can't go out the house without taking 2 diazepam but things are slowly improving for me, I'm 75% happier than I was. Not yet 100 as I still have things I need to conquer. But I'd like to just say, that I found that laughter truly is the best medicine, I found things that made me cry with laughter, and I made a promise to myself to laugh everyday instead of cry. It's far from an easy journey, but I promise you it gets better if you believe it will ❤
terrilynn rife
1 April 2017
yes this is true for me too. I totally know just exactly how you feel and what you are saying 100%! I am right by your side all the way! It really does sucks.
jessicaMoriarty2016
3 Nov 2016
yes i have had really bad anxiety for a year now i wont leave my home do the shopping or anything likely my partner does it all otherwise i dont no what i would be like ,
you often feel trapped lonely tired and bored and dont no what to do with yourself not wanting company is a good part of it and shutting yourself away from friends and family you also have a safety person who you feel comfortable around even if you do look.a state and out of this earth that person is my partner paul and my friend tammy who has tried to help me from the start and the first person i confined in when i was balling my eyes out crying other people dont understand how you feel alot of people say im stubborn but then in my mind they dont understand how i feel when they say just go round the block or go to the shops 5 minutes away i believe i got my anxiety because i put alot of weight on i have a 3 and 4 year old since i have had them im now at my biggest wont step on the scales so i carnt tell you my weight being on the implant aswell i dont think helped aswell i have always grew up worrying about my weight and it has carried on theough to my adulthood i was supposed to get my implant out augest 1st but im to scared to go doctors to get it taken out i wish there was a home doctor nurse or anything to take it out but until then i will ignore its there as me being my stubborn self wont do it i wish i never allowed my self to get in this mental state because im only 23 and should be enjoying and making the most of life for myself and children i feel such a let down anxiety has taken over me this year but i wont to pick my self up again because i dont want to be like this next year i want to have motovation i dont want to keep feeling tired anymore and misable its such a horrible place to be so if you think your just at the beginning and have just started getting anxiety try and get the help now before you end up like me in such a dark place
Hopefrog23
3 Nov 2016
I'm
Sorry to hear that your going through this hard time. There is help out there. There are drs and psychiatrists that will come to your home. I hope you reach out and get help. I know how you feel I struggle with anxiety and at times leaving the house or going places can be hard. But I make myself go. Medication and talk therapy has helped and talking to others. Hope you get better soon
TuckerWills
31 Oct 2016
Hi I know it's really late but I hope you got through everything!! I'm going through the same kind of thing right now. I haven't left in a couple months. I can't even go to the doctor to get a new prescription. It sucks!!! Im always feeling like the days go back in what seems like hours. I'm constantly feeling unreal or out of it. I can't really explain it. If you have any advice or ideas to get over this please let me know. Thanks :)
snix64
14 Oct 2016
I know how you feel, I can hardly talk on the phone. My episodes seem to last longer with age. I have a therapist via phone now who i've just gotten use to talking to. I don't know when or if I can go out or drive again. Does any
one feel like this?
AshesMD
1 Oct 2016
I also find it very difficult to go outside. It shames me. I have a daughter and I do not want her to grow up thinking that this is acceptable behavior. I've started to realize that it is my worry of being watched and judged that is crippling me. As much as I know in my mind and soul that anyone's opinion of me doesn't matter, or affect the way I behave knowing that people may be observing and thinking about my existence is mortifying to me. I know that this is not a normal thought process, and I empathize with anyone who is experiencing similar feelings. My Ontario health card expired in January of 2016, it is now September and I cannot bring myself to be immersed in a crowded public place. I have asthma, and have been without a rescue inhaler for roughly 3 months.
Why can't I go? I know that I'm putting myself in a dangerous situation, and I've attempted to push myself, I get in my car, park at the service Ontario, walk to the door and experience extreme discomfort, break out in a fit of emotion, and run back to my car and drive home. It's like there's another world on the other side of that door. How do I overcome this? Any advice will be very appreciated.
Sj16
1 Dec 2016
This message is my exact situation, and then I realized it was a 5 year old post. This is my life currently. I can't even leave the house to get my anxiety medication refilled because my physical symptoms are overwhelming. I don't know who to talk to or what to do, I can't live like this anymore. Please, anyone who sees this respond if can.
vibratoronhigh
16 Aug 2016
I have had anxiety and panic attacks since first grade, so first off let me just say that you are not alone. I take Prozac and Klonopin and have for over 20 years and I'm a lot better than I was but I'm in a bad place right now, stress wise, and there back. I wish there was an easy fix but there are things that can help. Biofeedback and cognitive therapy are what saved me most. It's truly amazing what power your mind has over how you physically feel. I'm not saying it's easy but I can say with all honesty that it can work and it's totally worth it. If you don't have a psychiatrist or can't afford one and heck who am I kidding, who wants to make an appointment let alone leave the house, so with that said, all you need is a library card and the internet and you can go online and check out an e-book for free and never have to leave the house.
If the first book you read doesn't connect with you, just check out another one and keep trying, because it worked for me and still is working for me and I don't even want to answer the phone or walk to the mailbox, but I refuse to let this anxiety control my life and how I feel. You have to push yourself but it will get better. The more you leave the house the more you'll be able to leave the house and it will get easier as time goes by. Start out small and slowly but surely you'll make it through this crap. Take a friend and if you don't have one like me, take your cell phone with you in case you get nervous you'll have a back-up support. Someone to call who knows what you're dealing with and has agreed to be there if you need them. Just having someone to talk to while you're working your way back home is a lifesaver. I hope this helps because I know what it's like and I also know that if I can do it you can too! You've already reached out to others for help and that's a huge step! Never let anyone push or rush you they have no right, but it's hard for others to understand what they have never experienced. So go girl, get busy and read up. Life truly is too short so don't let this rob you of anymore time, kick it's butt right out the door. Just because you feel it, doesn't make it so.
Katie_rip
16 Aug 2016
I came here for some inspiration to leave the house today. I have seizures and, I'm always afraid, I will have one in public. I had one in public one time at frendlys and a boy laughed at me, I felt like I wanted to die.
Angel2013
29 Sep 2016
I'm there too. I don't go anywhere. Nothing works I gave up on meds, just waiting for it to end
Britt37
10 Aug 2016
Hi, I was just wondering if and how you helped your anxiety, I've had anxiety for the past 5 years and it's got so bad that I haven't left my house in over a year! This is destroying my life! I'm not sure what to do!
Loulou28
7 July 2013
Kaylyn, it can get better. I have been there for so long I can't remember.
I have been on every medicine out there. Recently my psych added Buspirone. I started at 15 mg plus 150 Zoloft, and chlonopin or Xanax as needed. I noticed after a week or 2 a definate difference... that pit of adrenaline has gone silent. She recently upped my dose to 30 mg. this is the first med to take that feeling out of my gut! I slowly took myself off the other meds. I need to let my doc know this... nobody should do it without doc supervision.
I now realize I have to give my brain time to get used to Not having the panic... I'm physically not feeling panic, but emotionally I have to adjust.
It can get better. Be patient and know it CAN get better!
I just wish everyone was seeing a good doc. When I read what some docs are prescribing, I wonder why they are not at therapeutic levels? My family doc prescribed way too low. Once I switched to a psyc, the knowledge they had really helped me.
I wish you luck. I have been there, and know how incredibly bad it affects your life. Hang in there!
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