I feel bad for people with agoraphobia, they have a fear of open spaces and shopping malls and that sort of stuff, seems very hard to deal with.
Yeah it is, my aunt was diagnosed with agoraphobia years ago and it was really hard on her
Wow small world, supposedly the condition runs in families often, is she the only one in the family?
Yeah as in today she is the only one that has been diagnosed, Without treatment it is uncommon for agoraphobia to resolve
it is uncommon for agoraphobia to resolve. Treatment is typically with a type of counselling called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT results in resolution for about half of people. Agoraphobia affects about 1.7% of adults. Women are affected about twice as often as men. The condition often begins in early adulthood and becomes less common in old age. It is rare in children. The term "agoraphobia" is from Greek ἀγορά, "agorá", meaning a "public square" and -φοβία, "-phobia",
two separate girls]. I had to deal with both things. And I got through it. Yeah, there was two cases. People can… It's been out there. It's been so long ago. That's why it's kind of hard to talk about it. But I'm here, I'm alive, I'm well, I survived it, and the fact that… It was difficult.[...]"
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