| If you're unsure if you have agoraphobia, take an | | | | the subway, and it happened again on the subway, |
| agoraphobia test that might help you clear a few | | | | you may associate the subway with the attack and |
| things up. It can help you find out if you have it and if | | | | totally avoid it. |
| you need help. | | | | These situations increase. Pretty soon, you start to |
| Agoraphobia Is An Anxiety Disorder | | | | shut yourself off from nearly everything for fear of |
| Agoraphobia is one of the anxiety disorders. It is | | | | having a panic attack. You don't go anywhere unless |
| generally preceded by panic attacks that turn into a | | | | accompanied by someone. |
| panic disorder. It's estimated that 1 in 3 people with a | | | | Get Help And Get Well |
| panic disorder will develop agoraphobia. | | | | Luckily, there is lots of help available for agoraphobia. |
| When a person has many panic attacks and starts | | | | This help can be in the form of drugs, therapy, natural |
| adjusting their lifestyle because of it, which is | | | | or alternative methods. You'll also need to make |
| understandable, it becomes a panic disorder. | | | | lifestyle changes if you want to get well. |
| Panic attacks are terrible when they happen in a public | | | | Getting well can be done. It's harder for some and |
| place. It's one thing to get it in the privacy of your | | | | may take longer. It may be hard and frightening work, |
| home, but in public, you can feel embarrassed and | | | | but in the end, it has to be done and it CAN be done |
| humiliated. | | | | with help, patience and perseverance, or it can last for |
| Agoraphobia Is Like A Trap | | | | years! |
| In a slow and natural way, you can fall into a trap of | | | | So go ahead and take the agoraphobia test. If you |
| avoiding places, people and situations for fear of | | | | think you have it, then make the move to get some |
| getting an attack. | | | | form of help. Making this move is the first step on your |
| For example, if you happened to get a panic attack in | | | | road to recovery. |