Agoraphobia is a type of phobic disorder in which all related to anxiety. You avoid locations or activities that make you feel difficult to escape, lose control, or are embarrassed. You feel like you will not control a distressing incident (e.g., panic attack, incontinence) in certain places. Because if you can not get the proper help you need when the incident occurs, you could feel anxious and panicked.
People who have agoraphobia are afraid of visiting ‘unsafe’ places. To clarify, mainly outside the home. The meaning of ‘unsafe’ places can vary from person to person. Public transport and places like trains, planes, supermarkets, and shopping malls are included. Indeed, it usually gets busy and quickly be in a crowd.
Also, a person with agoraphobia can fear places or situations such as standing in line, going outside the home without company, enclosed spaces (tunnels, bridges, elevators), and any public places (church, empty park). In many cases, agoraphobia develops after experiencing panic attacks outside the home. Therefore, a person who experienced before worried having another panic attack while alone at the outside house. In reports of clinical cases, persons who have severe agoraphobia might be unable to leave their home or go to a specific place for a long time (e.g., a year).
These are a few suggestions that might help people who have experienced similar or mild symptoms of agoraphobia.
Agoraphobia is an anxiety-related phobic disorder, so managing stress and relaxation is an essential part of it.
Read another Phrens blog post Is Anxiety Always a Bad Thing?
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