cant leave the house

i need to leave the house today for something important I cant get out of and I feel like I cant, its very hard, im shaking and I dont know if I can do it.
Please help.

I wish I could say something to make you feel ok...

with hindsight, I know that it's never as bad as I thought, and I've actually turned out ok when I've managed to force myself to go out... but hindsight is a wonderful thing, and things will seem so awful just now. I always say if I could be 're-born' and choose one thing to have, one thing to know right from the start, it would be hindsight!

I'm not much help, I know, but I know what you're going thru, and I hope you feel better soon. If it's wanted, here's a hug for you,(((van)))

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I can't leave the house now either. I had to cancell my t. appointment today because I couldn't leave. I did manage to open the back door and look out. What I've been told is to try small steps until you can go out. That advice doesn't help overcome the initial fear of stepping outside though. To begin the process you might try visualization techniques i.e. imagine stepping outside and feeling relaxed while doing it. I'am not sure that will help you today to get to your committment but it might be a place to start. Good luck.

Hi Van,

I know exactly what you are experiencing. I have Panic Disorder and did not leave my home for 1 year, except to go to the pdoc or t. I can tell you that therapy and medication has given me my life back. Sometimes I couldn't even get to the appointments.

I still have panic attacks sometimes when something upsets me, but they are so mild compared to the original ones, that it's unreal.

Please consider asking a psychiatrist about medication and therapy. It's truly worth it.

I agree with jan whole heartedly

Ryan

I see that I am reading this a couple of weeks later, and I'm curious to know if you've made progress. I have been through what you are going through (actually, it never totally went away). I actually lost my job because of it at the time. I barely went anywhere for about a year, and didn't even want to talk to anyone besides my husband and kids. Sometimes that was even too much for me. Take small steps. It's so painful, in a way that it indescribable, but do it anyway as often as you can. You'll see that after a small steps, nothing terrible happened. Then you can try it again, then again a little farther, then again farther yet. I hope you are doing ok. Just give it a try.