Rhore
01-14-2014, 02:43 PM
Hello there! After reading the forums silently for a few weeks and loving the supporting posts of so many members on this forum I decided to create an account myself as well!
About me
I'm a 24 year old male and I've found out about a year ago that I am agoraphobic in the way of fearing heart related problems and fainting in public. Apart from this, I get nervous about entering social situations where escape is socially inavoidable (because people would think "hey, what's wrong with him?" if I'd get panicky). I'm sure you understand what I mean but here's some examples of things my body would do nothing rather than avoid: supermarket queues, dentist/doctors (waiting rooms), public transport, blueh~. I really start managing going to supermarkets more and more though, and this morning I happened to be at the doctors office with only worrying 1 whole night about it! :D
So...
I'd just like to say thanks in advance for the support you've already unknowingly given me. It feels so wrong to say but the mere fact of knowing there's other people feeling like this is... a relieve in some way. It means I'm not the only one! Hopefully I can be of support to others as much as everyone here was to me as well. Even though I hate feeling like this, my knowledge about the subject has grown (partly because of the wise people inhabiting these forums) and I'm very interested in how our minds seem to work against us- even when we try to be as rational as possible (statistical chance of having a heart attack when I go with the train is far less than 1%, but why is only my conciousness aware of this fact?! ;))
Ok! I've rambled on for too long! Thanks again and I hope everyone will have a good 2014!
/Rhore
ps. yeah im not a native english speaker.., you'll have to excuse me for any errors! :p
About me
I'm a 24 year old male and I've found out about a year ago that I am agoraphobic in the way of fearing heart related problems and fainting in public. Apart from this, I get nervous about entering social situations where escape is socially inavoidable (because people would think "hey, what's wrong with him?" if I'd get panicky). I'm sure you understand what I mean but here's some examples of things my body would do nothing rather than avoid: supermarket queues, dentist/doctors (waiting rooms), public transport, blueh~. I really start managing going to supermarkets more and more though, and this morning I happened to be at the doctors office with only worrying 1 whole night about it! :D
So...
I'd just like to say thanks in advance for the support you've already unknowingly given me. It feels so wrong to say but the mere fact of knowing there's other people feeling like this is... a relieve in some way. It means I'm not the only one! Hopefully I can be of support to others as much as everyone here was to me as well. Even though I hate feeling like this, my knowledge about the subject has grown (partly because of the wise people inhabiting these forums) and I'm very interested in how our minds seem to work against us- even when we try to be as rational as possible (statistical chance of having a heart attack when I go with the train is far less than 1%, but why is only my conciousness aware of this fact?! ;))
Ok! I've rambled on for too long! Thanks again and I hope everyone will have a good 2014!
/Rhore
ps. yeah im not a native english speaker.., you'll have to excuse me for any errors! :p