• Blue and Orange@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I have agoraphobia related anxiety. It causes me a great deal of stress and discomfort when I’m outdoors and away from a “safe” zone like my car or my house. I get panic attacks. You will never see me decide to go for a 30 minute walk outside.

    It’s such a difficult thing to explain to people that it’s not social anxiety that keeps me from going to certain places, it’s the fact that I have to physically move away from my comfort zones.

    I’m not severely agoraphobic to the point of not leaving my house. I go to work everyday and go to stores and such. But my car is always nearby.

    • Call me Lenny/Leni@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      Can relate in a way. Also, all of what you describe is probably going to be revealed to be one super large spectrum that nobody cared to map out.