Your rodeo shot sounds awesome! That is so cool that it's in a museum. I would LOVE to see it. I find that the creative drive is SO strong... it can push us to do things that scare us. It can be much stronger than fear.

It really is confusing isn't it... We can do these amazing things, face our fears, seem fearless to other people... but then BAMMO! agoraphobia strikes. I flew to Chicago this summer to interview the lead singer of my favourite band. So many of my friends were saying they would be too nervous to do that, but me... a former agoraphobe, still struggling with panic attacks... I was just psyched! I wanted to meet him and I wanted that interview.

I'm so glad your agoraphobia is a thing of the past too.

That question you posed to Dr. Clay is a good one. I always thought I was just a naturally confident, outgoing person. It seemed like I was just born that way... and I feel that way again now most of the time. There was a 4 year blip of agoraphobia and panic attacks, though. That still doesn't make sense to me.