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agoraphobia
Can someone help me to find steps to help my son who has been housbound for 2 yrs. he is 22 but every doctor says he has to come in. where can i find help or at least steps to help him. he is so desperate. He wants to go out but after being out for 5-10 minutes has to go back and it has to be at night or early morning when no one is there. please someone help.
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If your son cannot leave and stay out of the house without extreme anxiety, he may need help from a mental health professional. There are therapists who specialize in working with people who cannot leave the house. They are used to doing home visits.
If your doctor refuses to provide this service, ask her/him for a referral to a professional who CAN do a home visit. This needs to be someone qualified to assess your son's emotional and physical health. If needed, he may be able to access specialist support.
This isn't just as simple as mind over matter if it's a mental health problem. A structured programme and expert support may be needed to help him have the life he would like.
I wish you both the best.
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Sounds like you need an intervention, gather some close friends and relatives to include a therapist or professional interventionist and pay him a visit. I imagine that your first expectation is to have him see a professional; this is a boundary you must set and stick with. If he refuses, give him an ultimatum to either seek help, or move out in a specified amount of time. Given that he has been housebound for two years, he probably doesn’t have the money to get a place of his own any time soon, so you would naturally have the advantage. Besides seeing a professional, I would recommend a long term residential treatment program for him.
Fair warning: It is important that if you go ahead with the intervention strategy, that you hire a mental health therapist experienced with interventions. People who suffer from agoraphobia have severe anxieties, and most people who suffer from severe anxieties, tend to be suicidal.
Good luck.
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Okay. I know Im probably not the best person to answer as I dont know much of it however...
I do suffer panic attacks, mainly when Im in out where there is big groups of people. The only way I can over come this is by focusing my mind just on one thing, or where im going.
Try inviting a few of his friends over and encourage them to take him out, as with them he will be familiar, if not then try to old fashioned bribary, is there anything in particular he really wants but isnt STUPIDLY expensive?
Say to him if I give you the money for this then go and get it from the shop, because with this excercise hes so excited about that hes getting that his mind will only be focused on that, and when he gets back he will be even happier that he has something nice.
He should then start to associate going out with a result of something nice, even if its just to come home to a nice warm house.
And if all fails..then my last option would to be to try getting him a puppy, they all need to be walked, and Im roughly 80% sure that his mind again will be puppy focused and this may help!!
Good luck, please let me know how you get on <3 Marizzle.x
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