An Agoraphobic Living Through The Holidays
As I wrote in my last post, agoraphobia is an extreme form of anxiety that keeps individual “locked up” in their homes making excuses not to join in on out door life, unable to go to the grocery store because of large crowds, the feeling of extreme nervousness like the feeling of having a heart attack and having an “asthma attack”. That is what it feels like on an everyday basis. I could give in and climb back into bed and wait for the phone to ring or the doorbell to ring. 1. Or I can make a plan. The Monday before Thanksgiving I got up early and went on a shopping excursion because I knew the day after Thanksgiving wasn’t the time. I knew the early bird was on my side - A lot less people. I made a map and what items to buy at what store. I mean, this year I got Christmas done early. 2. The next thing on my list was to choose what items to buy online. You know that you definitely wo...