about

I'm a qualified colour therapist and I'm doing a course in psychotherapy and councelling. i have the letters SNHS after my name which means i have a diploma from The School of Natual Health Sciences.
I have life experience in mental health, agoraphobia,bullying,parents divorce.


advice

fifteen/ female
My mother suffered from agoraphobia (fear of wide open spaces) for years. That was in her twenties and thirties, but she had me after that when she was forty-one. She was afraid to leave her house and talk on the phone, and she had social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, she was bipolar, depressed..all of these different illnesses.
Ive inherited some things from her, but not all of them. And I have a sleep disorder.
Well school starts in a bit less than a week for me and Ill be in high school. I LOVE to go to amusement parks, shopping, the mall, carnivals..you name it. Well not carnivals theyre icky x]
But when Im in my house, I get nervous. Really really nervous. I might shake a bit and sometimes Ill cry. Its mostly when Im either in the kitchen or the family room..and itll seem like Im looking through a fisheye lens and the room feels sooo much bigger than it really is! So I usually have to spend my time in my bedroom or outside. I think I feel more comfortable cuddled up in my room with the lights down real low, or just in the computer room because theyre the smallest parts of the house. Is it possible that I inherited Agorophobia from my mom? If I did then why can I still go out in public? Oh but sometimes when Im out in public my eyes get real sleepy and I have to walk looking at the floor, though.

You cannot inherit agoraphobia, but you could have inherritted or just picked up on anxiety traits that are in your mum.
I was always a nervous child, and with some family memebers i was like you, scared, shakey, teary and just wanted to get away from them.
If you had agoraphobia you'd have a panick attack everytime you even thought of leaving the house, you sound like you have some social anxiety, which does need sorting out before you end up like me and not be able to spend any time with people.

I know it's you who asked the question, but i am going through all those mental illnesses right now that your mum went though (from age 17 and i'm now 24). Would it be possible for you to ask your mum how she overcame those things and led a normal life again? I'm getting out now but only for an hour at the weekend, i can cope with that and im building on it, but the social phobia is crippling as i cant spend time with mine or my partners family which causes alot of problems.

Sorry for asking you xxx

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(Rating: 5) No problem at all :]
Ill ask my mom about it later today, and get back with you as soon as I can.
Promise! :D

okay. She said a lott of medication, support, and prayer. My mothers realll doctor was Jesus Christ! :D
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