I've suffered with panic and GAD for about 5 years and agoraphobia for 3 years now. I've always relied so much on my parents (especially my mum) for just about everything. Financially they support me as there's just no way I would hold up a part time job. I do have my own business but it's not doing well at the moment either.
The agoraphobia is really bad and I'm just getting do depressed because i feel trapped. I love going out and about shopping with my mum but it would be nice to have friends to go out with instead. In the past when I have been asked to go meet up with a friend, my anxiety and agoraphobia stop me and I come up with excuses. I know my mum wants to help me get better but I don't want her to feel like she has to take me out to places all the time. Right now I haven't been out in a week and I'm so upset. I have a car but I'm too afraid to drive it alone. I probably sound pathetic, and to be honest I really feel like it. Even though I'm a 20 year old woman, I feel like a child and I don't know what to do to snap out of this prison? Help