Agoraphobia question

[mick_uk]

Hi all,
This is not a flippant question but something I was wondering about. If you suffer from agoraphobia, when you dream do you go outside? Do you feel safe outside when dreaming about being outside or does the anxiety of being agoraphobic still continue when you dream?


mick

[mick_uk]

Hi Tetley,
I have it bad at times, now being an example, yet I have found momatter how bad the agoraphobia is in the 'real' world, I'm always okay when I dream about going outside.
It's strange, you would think the dreams would mimic the real experiences.
Just another little quirk of anxiety to make you feel worse I guess
take care

mick

[Dizzy-Dave]

Hey Mick,

I'm house bound and haven't seen anything outside my cul-de-sac for about 4 months.

I dream alot and i go outside in them all the time.

I'm a lucid dreamer and become very aware that i'm doing it too.

[mick_uk]

Hiya Dizzy,
Strange isn't it.
I'm a lucid dreamer too. Read up a lot on it when I was doing a course some years back. Practiced some methods and found I could do it quite easy.
I wish I could be a lucid awaker
It's far harder to practice that than lucid dreaming.

mick

[Dizzy-Dave]

I haven't even tried!

I've got constant dizzys and tinitis.

Going out is the least of my worrys lol.

Though i do want to badly...

[mick_uk]

There's a lot of dizzyness/tinnitus about Dizzy,
I've had it a while now. Used the drops/medicines the doc prescribed, but I think I've just got to wait for it to clear on it's own.

[faith]

i dream about travelling on buses and trains and i feel high anxiety if it gets really panicky i wake up

[Snowshadow]

I definitely dream about being out and having anxiety/panic. Even though I'm doing much better now in regards to the agoraphobia, it isn't completely gone. But I was housebound for a year. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy really helped me with my agoraphobia. If you haven't tried it, well worth looking into.

[belle]

I dream about going out, but i generally feel anxiety and panic in my dreams!

For the last 10 months i have had Tinnitus every-single-day without fail. Somedays its louder than others, today its at a managable level, thank god! I also have had a lot of dizziness or the feeling of being off balance, i hate it, but i do have medication to help with that, although there is nowt they can do about the Tinnitus.

[sunshine-lady]

I am agoraphobic too and have dreams outside. Sometimes they are nice dreams, in others I can be outside , lost and panicing like mad!