what is an agoraphobic?
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Agoraphobia is the anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape may be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in the event of having a Panic Attack.  Agoraphobic fears typically involve characteristic fears of being outside the home alone, being in a crowd or standing in line, being on a bridge, and traveling in a bus, train, or automobile.  \n\nPeople with agoraphobia find Panic Attacks to be so debilitating and so frightening that they will avoid leaving the house, talking to others, etc....\nAgoraphobia is usually attached to Panic Disorder (having recurrent panic attacks).\n\nTreatment may include behavioral therapy, anti-anxiety medication, or antidepressants.
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According to the National Institute of Mental Health, panic disorder is an anxiety disorder characterized by unexpected and recurring panic attacks, also called anxiety attacks. Panic attacks are episodes of intense terror or fear which strike suddenly and without warning. It is important to note that if you have experienced a panic attack, this does not necessarily mean that you have or will develop panic disorder. Many people have experienced singular attacks without recurrence, and do not have panic disorder.\n\nref: http://www.helpguide.org/mental/panic_disorder_anxiety_attack_symptom_treatment.htm
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Fear of bridges is a relatively common phobia although most people with it do not know they have something called "gephyrophobia." However, the derivation of the word "gephyrophobia" is perfectly straightforward (if you know Greek); it is derived from the Greek words "gephyra" (bridge) and "phobos" (fear).
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Phobias are just that: phobias.  They can cause fear and anxiety, but they don't necessarily come true.\n\nMS can be a crippling disease, but you are not a disease; you simply HAVE a disease.  You are a person of worth regardless of any physical shortcomings you may have.  You still have your mind and your spirit.  They cannot be imprisoned no matter what happens to your body.
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n 1: an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)
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I'm not a doctor, but it sounds like your mother has a form of agoraphobia and is very depressed.  She needs therapy and perhaps medication to deal with it.  She also needs patience and understanding from you because this is not anything she can help on her own.  Try to find someone you can talk to also because this illness can be as hard on the  family as it is on the person who has it. Hopefully you can find someone, (an adult), at school or church, or even a friend's parent to help you or at least help you find help.  There are groups for children with parents who suffer from mental illness, see if you can find one.  Also, very very important, do not take her behavior personally.  There is nothing you have done or can do to change this . . . . . she needs professional help.  God Bless You.  Let us know how you are doing.  Many of us care.
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Least restricted is often misinterpreted.  For example, an agoraphobic would be very restricted if he had to go to a classroom for his education.  It depends upon the individual.
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From your description, I would say that you have agoraphobia, which is a more common and powerful mental illness than most people think and thus needs to be treated like any other mental illness - i.e. with psychiatric discourse and medications.\n\nDon't listen to anyone who tells you that you are just shy, because you are an adult, and shyness is just a temporary child to teenage phase that goes away in adulthood like minor speech impediments or sexual inhibitions.\n\nThere is a big difference between shyness and mental illness, and shyness or even anti-social behavior is usually not nearly as serious and life-altering as what you are going through.\n\nIf you want to try alternative medicine to help yourself, then I suggest the following websites promoting alternative therapies for social anxiety or agoraphobia.
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someone who is afraid of big change that will change the lives of many people.  They will normally do what the people want without changing too much.
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I had a real problem with Agoraphobia.  I couldn't even look out any of the windows in the house.  I kept my indoor world dark and comfy.\n   I finally started forcing myself to get up in the mornings and open 'a' curtain. Then later I was opening all of the curtains in one room.  After awhile I was really wanting to go out on the front porch.  Everytime I tried and started opening the door I would hear a car coming and slam it shut.\n    It was awful.  \n Eventually I would make it out to the porch and stand there and look at the roses and smell the beautilful air...and run back in.\n  It has been a year and a half now.  I was stuck in here for 2 yrs. \nNow I have a car and actually go places by myself.\nIt was rough at first with the car.  I would drive around and not get out. I remember having to go to the bathroom really very badly and 'scared' to stop somewhere.  I ended up driving over 70 miles before I couldn't take it anymore and found a rest area on the interstate.\n   Yep, definately 'baby steps' is the way to go.\nI wish you or whoever it is all of the 'oomph' in the world!\n  You WILL make it ...it's not so bad out here...AND.... I know that I can always come home and  'cave-out' if I feel like I need to.\n     Good luck and be strong! ~wink, wink~
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A fear of enclosed places.
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Fear is about not having control. Phobias are irrational fears that are  very powerful and hard to get rid of.
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Agoraphobe?  Something similar to that.... if I recall correctly.\n\nEDIT:\n\nNawh, I was wrong... an Agoraphobe is afraid of wide open spaces.\n\n(Also, Nocternal things do come out at night, but they're not afraid of the light, they're just better hunters at night.)\n\nHeliophobe is someone who fears sunlight.\n\nPhotophobia is a condition that makes you adverse to light\n\n\nHope I helped in some way.
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arithmophobia?\n\nFYI:\nHexakosioihexekontahexaphobia- fear of the numbers 666
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panic attacks are related more to anxiety disorders, and the experience is a severe rush of adrenaline. \n\nSchizophrenia is a psychiatric diagnosis that describes a mental disorder characterized by impairments in the perception or expression of reality and by significant social or occupational dysfunction. A person experiencing untreated schizophrenia is typically characterized as demonstrating disorganized thinking, and as experiencing delusions or auditory hallucinations.\nAlthough the disorder is primarily thought to affect cognition, it can also contribute to chronic problems with behavior and emotion.\n\nDemonic possession, in supernatural belief systems, is a form of spiritual possession whereby certain malevolent extra-dimensional entities, demons, gain control over a mortal person's body, which is then used for an evil or destructive purpose. Unlike in channelling or other benign forms of possession, the subject has no control over the possessing entity and so it will persist until forced to leave the victim, usually through a form of exorcism. Many cultures and religions contain some concept of demonic possession, but the details vary considerably. Some cultures, in particular the Roma people also believe that demons can also possess animals, plants, deceased persons or inanimate objects.
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Amaxophobia- Fear of riding in a car.\nOther than that there is no other fear
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Yes it does, along with caffeine too. I use to suffer from them to the point of having agoraphobia. I am happy to say that I no longer have them anymore. That is without any types of drugs too. I know from experience that it does help.