Re: Can you recover from housebound agoraphobia
I did it. I never expected to become agoraphobic, and I don't know how it happened but a few months ago I couldn't leave the house, everything about the outside world overwhelmed me.
My house was my safe zone, and so was my friends house so I started making small trips between my two safe zones, via a familiar route. Then I started taking different, longer and unfamiliar routes between my two safe zones, gradually increasing my overall "safe" area. Once I cracked that, I ventured even further and started visiting shops etc within the area, shops I was already familiar with. It was a long process and some days I felt like I was going backwards a little, but I practiced everyday - NEVER "tested" myself, just practiced. I'm back at work now and even went into town on Saturday. I knew I had to tackle it before it got completely out of hand but it was also important to plan trips to places I really wanted to go, places I knew I would enjoy once I was there.
Good luck, you can do it, and you will.
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