Hi, I am in a similar boat. I have sometimes gone over three months not setting foot outside my home. I more usually avoid pretty much all contact with the outside world with a few exceptions that keep my household running. I have strict rules about each of my "goings"etc. also. I go to the grocery store about every three weeks. I plan before I go, to avoid going to a possibly judgemental checker. I have even stayed inside the store and abandonned my basket (sometimes full) if I am overcome by anxiety. I do not leave my home for just any reason, and my family all know this. I don't know how to come out of this permanently. I had recently in the last few months been doing better, I was going to a dance class with my one year old son, for an hour each day. I was nervous and even had panic attacks. But I was moving forward. That lasted almost two months and I thought I was cured. Now I haven't gone in just over thirty days. I have relapsed. I am afraid to go outside again. It seems everything bad is out there. I wish I had some advice my friend, but you are definitely not alone. I hope there is an answer to this problem. I have taken two steps forward and three steps back. Failure is what I have achieved. I don't feel like a total fool for trying to change, perhaps this was in some way practice for a future in freedom? I hope.