Hello

[BlueWater]

Hi all, i just joined today to be able to talk to like minded people...

I am 28 and suffer from agoraphobia with panic attacks for 9 years now :weep:
Life is really lonely i find because i find it unbelievable hard to leave the house on my own and making friends is basiclly impossible.
All my family and old friends live abroad so im all on my own here most of the time...
I live with my husband which is my "safe person", he has to go with me wherever i go and sometimes even that doesnt help anymore.

It really did knock down all my confidence and i always have been pretty shy but its alot worse now... :weep:

[nomorepanic]

Hi BlueWater

A huge warm welcome to nmp.

You'll get loads of advice and support here and make some lovely friends along the way.

Best wishes

[Veronica H]

:welcome:Bluewater.There is a brilliant book by Dr Claire Weekes;SELF HELP FOR YOUR NERVES ISBN 0-7225-3155-9.This is available from the NMP shop. Dr Weekes was a physician and scientist. She was a fellow sufferer (nominated for the nobel prize for medicine) and really understood this illness. She took the mystery out of it, and devised a simple programme for recovery. I can't recommend this enough. This will get better.

Here is a link to her site;

http://www.drclaireweekes.co.uk/

Veronica

[BlueWater]

thank u :)

veronica, that book sounds interesting.... i will have a look :)