hi all just decide to write a short post. i have been on employment and support allowance for four years now since i lost my job. i have suffered with agoraphobia on and off for years , since i can remember really. i have a partner altho we do not live together i stay with him often. its strange because when am with him at his my agoraphobia seems to subside strange i know. anyhow when i am at mine for some reason my agoraphobia rears its ugly head. i cannot even go to the local shop to get toilet rolls or anything in the day i never go out out round there or even to my local town shopping.i get all my shopping ordered online and delivered. sometimes its so bad i cannot even go out to the bin! i sometimes force myself to go out to the local shop after dark ! sure the neighbours must think am either a vampire or a hermit. i do see friends when i travel to nottingham when i travel to see family etc but thats only twice a year. i do lead an isolated existence and the social skills i once had are diminished and non-existent. i do have a good neighbour who i visit every week but sometime i can not even walk down the pathway and up to hers cos my agoraphobia is so bad! i hope am not always like this , i fear am really losing touch with the world and am glad fro the internet, thanks for reading.