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As a long term sufferer of agoraphobia, I get sick and tired of people rolling their eyes and thinking I'm faking the condition. Yes, a small percentage may use "fake agoraphobia" as an excuse for laziness, not wanting to see people and medication. However, agoraphobia is a real diagnosable medical condition. Just ask yourself "Are people really afraid of spiders?".
My particular symptoms manifest in crowded spaces, and trigger debilitating panic...
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If we're talking agoraphobia, we're talking books. I slip between their covers, lose myself in the turn of one page, re-discover myself on the next. Reading is a game of hide-and-seek. Narrative and neurosis, uneasy bedfellows sleeping top to toe.
When Graham Caveney was in his early twenties, he began to suffer from what was eventually diagnosed as agoraphobia. What followed were decades of managing his condition and learning to live within the...
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Debbie, an agoraphobic, and pushing the limits of middle age, works at home as a beautician and is estranged from her daughter, Wendy, who plays for the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra as a cellist. When Debbie discovers Wendy will perform a solo at Carnegie Hall, NYC, she suffers in silence until Wendy finally arrives and divulges a secret that devastates her. Now, Debbie feels she must go to Carnegie Hall to see Wendy play. But how will she manage...
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In "Embracing Freedom: Conquering Agoraphobia," journey alongside individuals who have battled their deepest fears and emerged victorious. This inspiring and compassionate book unveils the profound insights, strategies, and personal stories that illuminate the path to liberation from the grip of agoraphobia.Agoraphobia, a relentless anxiety disorder, can shackle its victims within the confines of their own minds, rendering everyday life a battleground....
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Blaise Dismer sits in his apartment in Denver, afraid to leave. He suffers from a fear-based disorder called agoraphobia. But years after suffering his first panic attack on his twenty-first birthday, he doesn't know exactly what's wrong. All he knows is the fear of embarrassment looms, and home is where he must stay. In this autobiographical account, Blaise explains how the nightmarish disorder affected his life, how he was finally diagnosed and...
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Douglas Pollock McCloud was twenty-five when he first experienced the effects of panic disorder with agoraphobia (PDA). The year was 1968-twelve years before The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders listed formal diagnostic criteria for the condition. Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia recounts the past fifty years of medical history as it pertains to PDA. McCloud shares his own experiences with PDA diagnosis and treatment, including...
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Author Donna McLean is just a normal lady who appeared to live a normal life, and yet she carried a secret that filled her with despair. The stresses of her life, compounded by a series of emotionally disturbing events, tragedies, and traumas, translated into crippling anxiety, panic attacks, and agoraphobia. After twenty-four years of enduring the physical symptoms of anxiety and panic disorder, such as rapid heartbeat, blurred vision, jelly legs,...
11) Fred & Vinnie
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1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Comedian, actor and perpetual lonely guy Fred Stoller is thrilled when his good buddy, Vinnie, the world's happiest agoraphobic and the fattest vegetarian on the planet, comes to live with him, until Vinnie also proves to be the world's most maddening roommate.
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336 pages ; 19 cm
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Trudi Adamson has lived her life in fear: of strangers, of asking questions, of angering her husband, of leaving the house. When her husband dies in a car accident, she retreats even further into her cocoon of ignorance and incuriosity. But staying there isn't an option; her husband apparently died broke, and Trudi's best hope lies in suing the company responsible for his death. And that means asking what her husband was doing on a remote stretch...
13) Fresh air
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282 pages ; 25 cm
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Lucinda Hunter has been a virtual recluse in a Connecticut farmhouse for 27 years. Katanya Taylor is a nine-year old from Harlem who is staying with a host family for two weeks and meets Lucinda while admiring her garden. Lucinda's acquaintance with Katanya prompts the older woman to reexamine her life.
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xx, 267 pages ; 20 cm
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"Allen Shawn is afraid of heights, water, fields, parking lots, tunnels, and unknown roads. He avoids subways, elevators, and bridges. He is afraid of both closed and open spaces and of any form of isolation--yet this is a memoir of enormous bravery. He is the son of New Yorker editor William Shawn and brother to playwright/actor Wallace Shawn. His twin sister is autistic. His father led a double life that introduced strict taboos to his household....
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323 pages ; 25 cm
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Will's mother is a fiercely loving yet wildly eccentric agoraphobe who drowns in panic at the thought of opening the front door. Their world is rich and loving, full of art, experiments, and music-- but confined to their small house. When Will finally ventures outside-- clad in a protective helmet and unsure of how to talk to other kids-- he is pulled far from the confines of his closed-off world and thrust headfirst into the throes of early adulthood...
16) Since we fell
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After journalist Rachel Childs suffers an on-air mental breakdown, she lives as a virtual shut-in. In all other respects, however, she enjoys an ideal life with an ideal husband. Until a chance encounter on a rainy afternoon causes that ideal life to fray. As does Rachel's marriage. As does Rachel herself. Sucked into a conspiracy thick with deception, violence, and possibly madness, Rachel must find the strength within herself to conquer unimaginable...
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vii, 341 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"As winter deepens in snowbound Pollard, Illinois, thirty-something Francis Falbo is holed up in his attic apartment, recovering from a series of traumas: his mother's death, his beloved wife's desertion, and his once-ascendant rock band's irreconcilable break-up. Francis hasn't shaved in months, hasn't so much as changed out of his bathrobe-"the uniform of a Life in Default"-for nine days. Other than the agoraphobia that continues to hold him hostage,...
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289 pages ; 21 cm
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"Twelve-year-old Mysti Murphy of Texas wishes she were a character in a book. If her life were fiction, she'd know how to solve her problems at school, take care of her family when her dad has to spend time in the hospital, and deal with her family's secret: that her mother is agoraphobic and never leaves the house"--
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Will teenaged Norah, who is struggling with agoraphobia and OCD, accept that she could be the right one for sweet, funny Luke?
Norah has agoraphobia and OCD. She meets Luke when her groceries are left on the porch, and she can't even step out to get them. As their friendship grows deeper, Norah realizes Luke deserves a normal girl. One who can lie on the front lawn and look up at the stars. One who isn't so screwed up. Can she let him go, or will...
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