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Posted: Wed Jan 30, 2008 11:54 pm Post subject:
I've only stayed in the house for like 3 days straight at most, but only becasue I have to go to school, which I REALLY don't want to anyway. I'm sure if I was not required to go somewhere that I would probably be stuck here for forever.
I used to leave the house everyday for anything. Now I stay home unless I absolutely have to leave. I have been in my house for about a week now. I'm even looking for a stay at home job. Ugh, this sucks.
I wish the best for everyone here and hope we can all get through this.
I've been agoraphobic for about 17 years now, I did have a social worker from the deaf center to take me out in her car about nine or ten years ago but then it just stopped
I believe she stopped helping me because I refused to get on a bus on my own after being agoraphobic for 3 years... (Im about 6' 8" tall) so it's only it's only natural for peolpe to look at you more..
I haven't left the house/garden for about 2 months now!! But I never go out on my own anyway!!
I go months and months without going further than my garden. Sometimes my parents take me out in the car and back to their place. Sometimes we go places where I am sure there will be no people, like an isolated park. I don't stay long though.
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:54 am Post subject: Re: Most days in a row for not leaving the house?
LonelyLoser wrote:
It has been two weeks since I have had a decent conversation, and I am losing my grip a bit. I cant even leave the house on foot and all Im stuck with are my parents, and they have been ignoring me and hated me for quiting my job due to social anxiety and depression. My depression is totally holding me back from living my life.
I guess I am the ultimate loser, I have no work life, no social life, no life overall, no friends, no girlfriend.
On top of this I hold the embarrassing record of the most days being completely housebound. 9 DAYS and still counting.
the most i've gone w/out going outside is a year. i have no work life, no social life, no friends, no boyfriend (i'm asexual, so i'm okay w/ this, lol), and no life either. w00t, w00t. i'm home 24/7 as well. i had to drop out of high school, i want to get a job but can't...yeah. i'm 17.
Joined: Dec 07, 2006 Posts: 288 Location: 44/m/miami
Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 8:01 am Post subject:
Go to your local library and see if they have any books on ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). After years of trying meds and CBT, ACT has given me back my life. If your local library doesn't have any books on ACT, then try a local bookstore (like Borders). Find a job, that will get you out of the house, earn some money and practice socializing. Fall down seven times, get up eight times.
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Keep it burning bright
Hold the flame 'til the dream ignites
A spirit with a vision is a dream
With a mission
I hear their passionate music
Read the words that touch my heart
I gaze at their feverish pictures
The secrets that set them apart
When I feel the powerful visions
Their fire has made alive
I wish I had that instinct
I wish I had that drive
Spirits fly on dangerous missions
Imaginations on fire
Focused high on soaring ambitions
Consumed in a single desire
In the grip of a nameless possession
A slave to the drive of obsession
A spirit with a vision is a dream
With a mission
I watch their images flicker
Bringing light to a lifeless screen
I walk through their beautiful buildings
And I wish I had their dreams
But dreams don't need to have motion
To keep their spark alive
Obsession has to have action
Pride turns on the drive
It's cold comfort
To the ones without it
To know how they struggled
How they suffered about it
If their lives were exotic and strange
They would likely have gladly exchanged them
For something a little more plain
Maybe something a little more sane
We each pay a fabulous price
For our visions of paradise
But a spirit with a vision is a dream
With a mission
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Well I haven't gone that many days but that's just because I have to leave..if I had the choice I would probably longer. I'm still in highschool so I have to leave..I only leave when I must. I have a job also..which has helped me a tad socially. Everyone there if kinda messed up so it makes me feel better about myself. I'm not as nervous around them as I am at school.
Although I'm still nervous around some of the hot girls there. They make me get red in the face and I think that kinda creeps them out. And almost everything I do or say turns into something really awkward. I think I'm actually really awesome..it's not lack of self esteem I don't think..it's just I don't know HOW to say things..I always think of something funny and it just never comes out right...or I'm too nervous to talk in the first place but when I get the courage to speak everyone's talking about something else entirely.
About 2 weeks ago I went to a movie wilth a friend..most people would probably call him an acquatance(sp)but since I have no friends he is the closest thing to one...sadly, that was my proudest moment.
last times going out is last wednesday to seen a psychiatrist.and usually my friend came to i visit almost everyday but she hasn't come for a few days now.i think she's working back.i feel like wanting to go out as well but i just feel uncomfortable with crowds and i'm scared i'll meet someone at work if i'm in the mall or anything. i asked my friend to go to someplace for vacation(the place where i can't meet familiar faces) but she don't want.she just likes to work.
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and I think that kinda creeps them out. And almost everything I do or say turns into something really awkward. I think I'm actually really awesome..it's not lack of self esteem I don't think..it's just I don't know HOW to say things..I always think of something funny and it just never comes out right...or I'm too nervous to talk in the first place but when I get the courage to speak everyone's talking about something else entirely.
i asked my friend to go to someplace for vacation(the place where i can't meet familiar faces) but she don't want.she just likes to work.