{"id":14196,"date":"2021-11-21T19:26:09","date_gmt":"2021-11-21T17:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/agoraphobia-is-a-thing-of-the-past-i-dare-to-go-to-public-places-again\/"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:49:11","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T08:49:11","slug":"agoraphobia-is-a-thing-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifekeskus.ee\/en\/agoraphobia-is-a-thing-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"Agoraphobia is a thing of the past – I dare to go to public places again"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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I was afraid to leave the house because I feared being around people and avoided crowded places. I couldn’t even go to the shop. I was, in a sense, a home addict. I had agoraphobia. A good friend of mine had undergone biofeedback therapy for her anxiety disorder, and it helped her from the first session. She also convinced me to try therapy. I made an appointment and went with her.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I wanted my friend to accompany me to the office because I was scared. The therapist didn\u2019t ask anything about my past. He said that, to him, I was like a programme and that with the device, we could find and balance stressors.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Honestly, I didn\u2019t believe it at first. After the therapy, I felt complete silence in my head! I couldn\u2019t remember the last time I felt such peace. Usually, my thoughts would swing from one extreme to another.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Immediately after therapy, the same friend suggested we go shopping. I agreed, even though such a thing would have been out of the question before. Walking around the shop felt a bit strange, but I was relaxed and able to control myself.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the first therapy session, I got the courage to go shopping on my own, even though I previously didn\u2019t dare to leave the house. It was a great achievement for me. I even dared to walk alone on the street. After the second therapy session, I visited my relatives and friends, dared to communicate, went to the market, the shop, and even the theatre. My life had completely changed! My agoraphobia was gone! I recommend MER Biofeedback\u00ae therapy to anyone struggling with fears and phobias!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mart (53) I was afraid to leave the house because I feared being around people and avoided crowded places. I couldn’t even go to the shop. I was, in a sense, a home addict. I had agoraphobia. A good friend of mine had undergone biofeedback therapy for her anxiety disorder, and it helped her from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[392],"tags":[394,393],"class_list":["post-14196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-phobias","tag-agoraphobia","tag-phobia"],"yoast_head":"\nAgoraphobia is a thing of the past - I dare to go to public places again - Lifekeskus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mart used to be terribly afraid of crowded places and would not even go to the store. He had agoraphobia. 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