hello my name is candy and im 17 years old i don't really know how to begin so well here i go...i started getting this weird feeling of well at the time i didn't know what it was...i just started realizing that when i would go places that i haven't been to in a long time or any knew places by myself that i would feel dizzy and my heart would start racing. I tried my hardest to not think about it but about three years ago is when it really got bad. Im not sure what got it started but i started not being able to go anywhere by myself. I finally got to the point where i couldn't stay the night with my friends and couldn't go to the movies with my friends or anywhere where there is a lot of people. I get this scary feeling that comes over me and my heart starts pounding and i can't breath and the only thing that comforts me is my mom or step-dad. I just admitted to myself that i had a problem and im finally getting help and talkn to some one. I can now go to my friends house and some times to the movies. I still can't drive or go far from my house by myself but i hope that that is something that i can get over cuz i hate missing out on my highschool life. And eventually when i graduate i want to college but i feel that if i can't get over this phobia that going to college will never happen...if some one has any advice or something that they did that helped please just let me know! i was thinking maybe hypnosis and if anyone has tried this and it has help please just let me know! thanks