Ep 10: How Agoraphobia affects my life

A Woman's Place Ireland

In this episode Tina talks to Sky about agoraphobia and her experience of how it affects her life plus the steps she has taken to help her overcome the physical symptoms with things like exposure therapy. We have a chat about our upbringing, secondary school and how bullying may have played a part in developing agoraphobia.

We also discuss famous people with the condition such as Emily Dickinson and Emma Stone.

According to the Mayo Clinic:

"Agoraphobia is a type of anxiety disorder in which you fear and avoid places or situations that might cause you to panic and make you feel trapped, helpless or embarrassed. You fear an actual or anticipated situation, such as using public transportation, being in open or enclosed spaces, standing in line, or being in a crowd.

The anxiety is caused by fear that there's no easy way to escape or get help if the anxiety intensifies. Most people who have agoraphobia develop it after having one or more panic attacks, causing them to worry about having another attack and avoid the places where it may happen again."

Find out more here:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/agoraphobia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355987