Posted by Sooshi on February 15, 2004, at 23:36:34
In reply to new pdoc appt. and suffering from agoriaphobia!, posted by antitrust on February 15, 2004, at 17:58:43
Hi antitrust,
I had agoraphobia for 2 years and the only thing that cured me of it was cognitive behavioral therapy. This isn't going to sound good, but I just had to go through extreme anxiety, and even panic, to get to my appointments...there just wasn't any way around it.BUT...the one thing I got started on was reading some books on how to control panic attacks, using the CBT techniques, visualization and relaxation, deep breathing, etc. You can even get tapes/cd's you can listen to over and over that help you to deal with panic and anxiety. You might do a search on Amazon.com. I was desperate to get over this problem and was very motivated, though, so that makes alot of difference in recovery.
Anyway, you WILL conquer this! Once you learn that you are in control of your thoughts and that thoughts are really all that panic is, you'll be amazed at how fast you will be able to step back out into the world again!
Oh well, didn't mean to lecture.....
poster:Sooshi
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