Agoraphobia

Started by P.C., Aug 31 07 11:03

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P.C.

Aug 31 07 11:03
What are peoples' experiences with this.  Do you have it.....or know anyone who does?
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Gopher

#1
Aug 31 07 11:16
I've only known one person who was afflicted with this, it made her life well-nigh impossible (and also her husband's).
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kitten

#2
Aug 31 07 11:19
I've never known anyone who had it, and fortunately I don't either.  But I feel sorry for those that do.  It must be so difficult to cope with life that way.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

P.C.

#3
Aug 31 07 11:19
Any insight as to how it started.....what the signs or symptoms were Gophie?  
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

Gopher

#4
Aug 31 07 11:27
No, I didn't get to know her until she'd had it for about 20 years.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#5
Aug 31 07 11:36
I have a bunch of friends who are medicated for anxiety/panic disorders, but not that one in particular.
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Lise

#6
Aug 31 07 12:50
Is there a correct phobia term for people who are extremely scared of being on the dental chair? Because we've come across far too many. There was a woman who absolutely refused to sit on the chair and a guy who kept grabbing our instrument and jerking up. Talk about being stressful yourself when it comes to dealing with them. We have to calm them down all the time, almost to the point where you have to hold their hands.

  Far too many people have a phobia about needles and yet they would go (willing) into any surgery but complain to no end when it comes to local anesthesia in the mouth. The anesthesia that we give are mild, numbs one area and it goes away after a couple of hours yet you won't believe how many people are scared to death about it.
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P.C.

#7
Aug 31 07 01:23
I have dental-a-phobia Lise.  And yet needles don't bother me in the slightest.  I have to go through a major psych to go to the dentist.  Terrified, mortified, stupefied, petrified.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

kitten

#8
Aug 31 07 08:21
I have a fear of needles in the mouth.  I'm okay with the arms or the derriere, but when it comes to the mouth....Arrrgghh!
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

P.C.

#9
Aug 31 07 08:29
Heroin wouldn't even do it for me at the dentist.....LOL

  Anyways.....I was asking about agoraphobia, as I've discovered that I seem to get a pain in the back of my head, that goes down my neck and into my right shoulder blade.  I can't turn my head.  I always just think it's because I worked too hard in the yard.

  Hubby mentioned a couple days ago, that I seem to get this every time I have to go somewhere (away from home)   I poo pood it at first, but I believe he might be correct.

  Then somebody mentioned that it sounded like agoraphobia.  As far as I know I've never had a phobia.
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

kitten

#10
Aug 31 07 08:32
Did you experience it when you went into town to shop or when you visit in Vancouver?  Or is it going to places you haven't been before where you are staying overnight?  Could it be stress associated with the unfamiliar?
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

49er

#11
Aug 31 07 08:33
Lise wrote:
 ............The anesthesia that we give are mild, numbs one area and it goes away after a couple of hours yet you won't believe how many people are scared to death about it. [/DIV]
 but I hate the feeling when the needle hits a nerve  

P.C.

#12
Aug 31 07 08:45
Me too 49er.  You have to pry me off the ceiling with a crowbar.

I KNOW it's not a pain tolerance issue.....I have a huge threshold for pain.....it's something else.

   Did you experience it when you went into town to shop or when you visit in Vancouver?  Or is it going to places you haven't been before where you are staying overnight?  Could it be stress associated with the unfamiliar?

  I don't think I experience it when I go to town.....that I just procrastinate about.....for days....sometimes weeks.

I DO get it when I have to go to Van.....so it's not about the unfamiliar.  It's seems kinda contradictory, because I LOVE to go on a road trip.....and yet I will get it when I know I'm going.

  I don't know if this has anything to do with agoraphobia.....that's why I was hoping somebody knew something about this.[/DIV]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.

kitten

#13
Aug 31 07 08:50
It does sound like an anxiety attack more than agoraphobia.  You feel uncomfortable when you are out of your own milieu.  It seems to give control to others rather than being in control of your surroundings.  I feel that way myself quite frequently.  I much prefer staying at home and having people come to me instead of leaving the comfort of familiar surroundings to visit elsewhere.
Thousands of years ago cats were worshipped.  They have not forgotten.

P.C.

#14
Aug 31 07 09:11
   I guess that's where the confusion comes in for me.  Because I don't think I feel consciously uncomfortable.  I'm a relatively 'low stress' kind of person......so an anxiety attack doesn't feel like it applies.  It's clearly doing something physical, whatever it is.[/DIV]
Sir Isaac Newton invented the swinging door....for the convenience of his cat.
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