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