From: Chip on

"Diana" <diaNOSPAMthijs(a)hetnet.nl> wrote in message
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> My dear Family;
>
> Does anyone has this to?
>
> Are you afraid when you are home alone?

no. I'm thankful for the peace :)

> I am
> Can you take a shower when you are alone?

yes. I wouldn't want anyone in there with me :)

> I can't
> Can you go out of the house alone?

Yes. Although there was a time I had to drink alot of alcohol just to get
out the front door. And even if I had alot to drink, I still had a hard time
going inside stores cause they made me feel trapped. I used to leave the
Safeway food store cause I'd have a panic attack. I left a shopping cart
full of food several times.

> I can't
> Can you drive your carr alone?

yes. But I've always considered my car my 2nd home, and that helped to make
me feel more secure in the car. Although on a long trip I'd have to take
someone I trusted not to panic. If they are secure I feel secure. If they're
anxious, I get anxious.

> I can't
> Do you feel safe when you are alone?

pretty much.

> I don't
> For all these things I need some extra pills

One advantage of being single (as I am) is you learn to be by yourself, and
do a lot by yourself. Diana, being married, you may tend to depend on your
husband a lot. I don't know how much you depend on him. But it's easy to
start depending on others for various things if you live with them.

But beyond that, I think your current level of anxiety is higher than mine,
for whatever reason(s).

If a person is anxious, they can develope all kinds of fears and
insecurities.

Chip

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From: Gloria Wolfe on
This is an interesting E-mail, because anxiety hits every one of us
differently. For myself, I like being alone during the day and enjoying the
quiet and time alone to do what I want to do, or NOT do what I don't want
to do ;-) I also like to shop alone and many times eat out alone when I'm
running errands. As for the shower, I always make sure both my doors are
locked, because our bathroom is upstairs, but I'm not paranoid about it.

On the other hand, I don't like being in groups of people, or where there's a
lot of noise, talking and confusion. It may be social anxiety, although I don't
get the panic attacks; I just try to avoid those type of get-togethers. It
seems like the older I get, and the longer I live with chronic pain, I strive for
as much peace and quiet as I can control in my own life. I wish I could help
you; do you like being around other people, or are you just fearful of being
alone? And, have you been fearful of being alone for a long time? I can
imagine how paralizing it must be to you. Nanny

On 10/9/2008 5:21 PM, prunella(a)rogers.com wrote to All:

-> "Tennessee Tony" <tennessee.tony(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
-> news:6l6ne4Faub1fU1(a)mid.individual.net...
-> > kilikini wrote:
-> >> MsMonarchdancer(a)gmail.com wrote:
-> >>> On Tue, 7 Oct 2008 19:50:31 -0500, "Diana"
<diaNOSPAMthijs(a)hetnet.nl>
-> >>> wrote:
-> >>>
-> >>>>> My dear Family;
-> >>>>>
-> >>>>> Does anyone has this to?
-> >>>>>
-> >>>>> Are you afraid when you are home alone? I am
-> >>>>> Can you take a shower when you are alone? I can't
-> >>>>> Can you go out of the house alone? I can't
-> >>>>> Can you drive your carr alone? I can't
-> >>>>> Do you feel safe when you are alone? I don't
-> >>>>> For all these things I need some extra pills
-> >>> Dear Diana,
-> >>>
-> >>> I have struggled with all of this at one time or another with my
-> >>> disorder. One thing I will never like is taking a shower home alone.
-> >>> The other stuff I can deal with okay now. I empathize with what you
-> >>> are going through. (((((Diana)))))
-> >>>
-> >>
-> >> I've struggled with a few of those things, myself. I definitely prefer
-> >> taking a shower when my husband is home because I'm afraid I'm going
to
-> >> fall. Home alone, I like, in a way, because I get the TV, but I
-> >> wouldn't like to be home alone at night!
-> >>
-> >> kili
-> >
-> > It's nice to see that I'm not alone in the shower.XXXXXX Wait, let me
-> > rewrite that. I'm not alone in not liking to take a shower with no one
-> > else at home, which is 99% of the time. And although I'm alone 99% of
-> > the time, the anxiety is only bad about 25% of the time. Did that make
-> > any sense?
-> >
-> > Tony
->
-> I don't like to take a shower if I'm alone in the house either and I
-> won't.
->
-> Di
->
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From: arthurgoogle on
On Oct 7, 8:50�pm, "Diana" <diaNOSPAMth...(a)hetnet.nl> wrote:
> My dear Family;
>
> Does anyone has this to?
>
> Are you afraid when you are home alone? I am

At times, but I live alone and had to adapt tp it.

> Can you take a shower when you are alone? I can't

Showers used to tricky for me. I often felt like I would
collapse, sometime still do and rush through routine.
For the most part, I just try to do things when I have
a window of low anxiety.

> Can you go out of the house alone? I can't

I struggled with agoraphobia for years, but gradually
made progess with small steps and never giving up.

> Can you drive your carr alone? I can't

I had to give up driving after PAs nearly caused
a few accidents.

> Do you feel safe when you are alone? I don't

Not always, but again I had to adapt.

> For all these things I need some extra pills

Have you told your doc that you feel under-medicated?

> Love Diana

Love and Best Wishes,
Arthur

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