Baby_Doll
10-09-08, 13:05
Hi everyone, I've been reccomended this site as part of my recovery proccess....so here I am :)
I'm 22 and from Surrey (if anyone else is from around here I would love to here from you!). I've been suffering from panic attacks for the past two years (due to traumatic experiences in my early teens), this developed into agoraphobia for the past year and a bit. After months on end of being confined to my house 24/7, not even being able to answer the front door and barely existing- I decided to take a stand and get my life back! I hope I will never ever take the small things in life for granted again. My panic attacks have lessened from continous ones daily to about 1 a week. I just need to work on getting back into the big wide world...scary though it is! In the past month or so I have been making baby steps, but for me it has made the world of difference. I'm hoping this forum will be able to help me on my path to waving goodbye to my old friend agoraphobia :p I have suffered very badly from depression in the past...but the crazy thing is, I'm probably happier than I've ever been...despite all of this! Very few people in my life know about my agoraphobia (I've mastered the art of a million and one excuses) and as a result have lost alot of friends through this....butttt I want to make a new start and as many new friends as possible!
So yeah....in a nutshell, that's my story! I've left out all the dark bits...I'll leave those for another day eh :)
xxxx
I'm 22 and from Surrey (if anyone else is from around here I would love to here from you!). I've been suffering from panic attacks for the past two years (due to traumatic experiences in my early teens), this developed into agoraphobia for the past year and a bit. After months on end of being confined to my house 24/7, not even being able to answer the front door and barely existing- I decided to take a stand and get my life back! I hope I will never ever take the small things in life for granted again. My panic attacks have lessened from continous ones daily to about 1 a week. I just need to work on getting back into the big wide world...scary though it is! In the past month or so I have been making baby steps, but for me it has made the world of difference. I'm hoping this forum will be able to help me on my path to waving goodbye to my old friend agoraphobia :p I have suffered very badly from depression in the past...but the crazy thing is, I'm probably happier than I've ever been...despite all of this! Very few people in my life know about my agoraphobia (I've mastered the art of a million and one excuses) and as a result have lost alot of friends through this....butttt I want to make a new start and as many new friends as possible!
So yeah....in a nutshell, that's my story! I've left out all the dark bits...I'll leave those for another day eh :)
xxxx