| Agoraphobia is a most common syndrome under | | | | frightening and agonizing event - a stressful |
| Panic disorder. This term 'agoraphobia' is | | | | experience, frightening and agonizing memory |
| derived from Greek, 'agora' means the market | | | | can trigger people's emotional reaction and |
| place and 'phobia' means fear of specify | | | | turn down to agoraphobia. |
| event. | | | | |
| | | | In dealing with agoraphobia, traditionally |
| Generally, most people having perception that | | | | there are ways but work ineffective. |
| agoraphobia sufferer feel vulnerable and | | | | Psychoanalytic and drug treatment was |
| frighten in open or public place. For example | | | | attempted but the result sometimes lead to |
| in a queue, in shopping complex, garden and | | | | major problem. |
| etc. Sufferer finds no obvious exit; develop | | | | |
| dizziness and suffocating during this event. | | | | Up until now, there are two recognized |
| | | | therapies in helping sufferer to get rid of |
| However, agoraphobia is not, as many people | | | | agoraphobia. |
| believe, just as about open spaces. It is | | | | |
| accurate for any place or situation where | | | | The first one is behavioral therapy where |
| people feel unsafe, trapped and having the | | | | sufferer is taught to face their phobic |
| urge to escape. Therefore, people suffer | | | | situation. They have to imagine their fear |
| under this event are more comfortable to stay | | | | situation and furthermore expose themselves |
| at home and avoid themselves from the | | | | in the real situation where the agoraphobia |
| specific fearful place. | | | | taken place. This exposure normally takes 2 |
| | | | -3 hours at the phobic place. |
| Sufferer feels insecure leaving their comfort | | | | |
| zone, their home mostly, sometime, their | | | | Second method is cognitive therapy; it is a |
| room. In result, they seldom venture far from | | | | kind of psychotherapy which is also useful to |
| home after they struck by agoraphobia. They | | | | treat anxiety, depression and other forms of |
| tend to rely on other people such as family | | | | mental disorder. It involves recognizing |
| members and friends for daily living. | | | | unhelpful or destructive patterns of thinking |
| | | | and reacting, then modifying these with more |
| Stay in comfort zone is not a solution for | | | | realistic or helpful ones. |
| agoraphobia. Sufferer is avoiding him/herself | | | | |
| to a particular dangerous zone, this imply | | | | Both methods are powerful, but cognitive |
| they set up fences in limiting their free | | | | therapy adds much more benefit that |
| moving spaces. Restriction will not worsen | | | | behavioral therapy. By the way, the latter |
| the case at immediately but in next to no | | | | one is good enough to achieve its goal. It |
| time. | | | | gave 70% success to remove phobia for people |
| | | | who completed the program. Cognitive therapy |
| In most cases, severe sufferers are heavily | | | | serves as preparation in case behavioral |
| dependent on their family members or friends | | | | therapy is failed. |
| to perform their daily activities, this in | | | | |
| time can put a strain on the care-givers | | | | Agoraphobia could be easily shaken off when |
| whose revolve around for helping. | | | | sufferers refer to professional therapist. |
| | | | But unfortunately, numbers of them are |
| In fact, researchers find out agoraphobia is | | | | insufficient in compare with phobic |
| getting more common and it has infected ½ | | | | population. So, sufferers would have to learn |
| to 1% of world population. Moreover, there is | | | | few of the self-help skills which are |
| 1 of 8 people having less severe form. | | | | emphasis on exposure and how it is applied.o |
| Agoraphobia has it classic onset in early | | | | Exposure must be long enough for feeling of |
| adult life which peak from 18 to 30. Studies | | | | fear start to fade away. This may usually |
| proved that people at this age are facing | | | | takes several hours. Avoid short period of |
| more stressful and depressive event than | | | | exposure and halfway escape, it could lead |
| other ages. | | | | major problem.o After first exposure, |
| | | | following exposure should be regular in order |
| Although agoraphobia is already well-known | | | | to get rid of the phobia completely.o |
| early decades, however, it causes remain | | | | Involved family members or friends as |
| mysterious but specialists believed it is | | | | co-therapist. They should be away after |
| more true to say it is caused by number of | | | | sufferer settle down.o Buy some self-help |
| causes rather than one.o Born with | | | | literature for better mind control and better |
| agoraphobia - most people are naturally born | | | | understand about psychological and |
| with agoraphobia in the sense that their body | | | | physiological reaction.o Avoid the use of |
| produces more adrenalin than other people.o | | | | alcohol at all costs.o Avoid medication. |
| Living environment - growing up with people | | | | Medication works as an emotional suppressor |
| who show avoidance traits in their behaviour | | | | which mean only for short term goal instead |
| can lead to avoidance behavior developing in | | | | of long term goal. |
| the future.o Aftermath effect - people seems | | | | |
| 'out of the blue' after first panic attack, | | | | More people are caught in emotional event |
| they afraid to have another attack, so they | | | | nowadays, it is wise however to get ourselves |
| end up in avoiding themselves from the last | | | | fully equipped. Don't limit our abilities |
| attacked location or situation.o Stressful, | | | | barely from the things that you see and hear. |