Anyone else housebound?

[Scottish_Player]

i think the only reason iam not house bound is because i have to go to work,its the only real reason i have to leave the house.Without my job i think i would be alot worse as i would have no reason to leave home and would have very little contact with people.

 

[beautiful_soul]

i think the only reason iam not house bound is because i have to go to work,its the only real reason i have to leave the house.Without my job i think i would be alot worse as i would have no reason to leave home and would have very little contact with people.

me too,but I'm not working I just go to unversity

 

[Danfalc]

house bound

Hellraiser, you sound pretty down about everything at the moment.Wish i could tell you things were going to get better.But if i had a pound for every timee someones told me that and its got worse, I would be living in a mansion by now.All i can do is agree with you. It all sucks majorly

 

[zzz]

I'm just really angry that I'm the only one who's totally housebound. No one's as bad as me, I'm the worst. But whatever. Life sucks, this world sucks, Social Phobia sucks, and I suck.

Nah, you aren't the worst. I got you totally beat. I came here hoping to find other people who are in my predicament but it looks like I'm the biggest loser here. harsh. I need to find a kindred spirit.

 

[sabbath9]

Re: it sucks

I'm pretty much housebound too. I even tried working from home and that didn't work either. I've recently learned that the CBT I've been doing can actually make me worse. "Thought suppression can actually increase the frequency of unwanted thoughts" claims the author of ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy). So I really don't know where to turn anymore. For now I'm just reading the ACT book and hoping this will help.

I'm not housebound anymore, ACT does work.

 

[anomicdeer]

When I was in school that was the only place I went. Now I don't go and I have no job. So I'm in here all day unless I decide to go for a walk... or go to the store.

 

[Apple Strudel]

I was.

To me, housebound means no school, no work, no socialising, no activity, nothing, not at least outside of the house.

I got myself a job at age 19, and I was finally release from the monotonous lifestyle that I was living. Not that it improve anything now, I mean, I am having a hell of a time coping right now too, with school and the pressure of finding a part-time job.

 

[zlench]

I mainly only go to work when I have work to go to. If I go out I only go to a few quiet shops and that is all.

 

[butterflydreams]

I am..for about 6 months now. School and work has come to a pause for now until I can figure things out. I have lost all "friends'' because they couldn't understand something they have never been through. I just have one friend I can call and that for me is enough for now I'm at least thankful for that.

 

[recluse]

Since being made unemployed i don't leave the house much.

 

[this_portrait]

I would say that I'm not housebound, but I can be when I don't have much of anything to do (like right now, in the summertime). During the school year, I'm always out and about, going to class, shopping, running errands, etc.

 

[Noca]

Im house bound till school starts next month

 

[iamthenra]

Since being laid off back in April... I have been house bound, and I only go out for groceries and a rare trip up to my property to maintain it...

 

[spider04]

-I go to school cuz i need education
-I go to the church cuz my mom says i need
-I go to the supermarket to buy stuffs for my mom

other than that i don't go no where by my self....
home sweet home

 

[Makahiya]

I stayed indoors most of the time after I dropped out of HS. I didn't develop agoraphobia or suffer panic attacks when I let my family drag me out of the house from time to time, but my anxiety about being seen by other people grew more on more over the years. It peaked during my early 20s, the fear of getting a job or continuing my education caused so much shame that I started dreading any form of contact (aside from my family) -I was afraid of having to explain to people why I haven't done anything with my life. I spent most of my time in my pjs, crawling out of bed to go sit in front of the computer, neglecting my health... basically just allowing myself to deteriorate.

Then I got a reality check... It came like a really hard slap in the face! My mother was hospitalized for Transient ischemic attack (thank god it wasn't a full-blown stroke!) and I was forced to deal with everyday practicalities...

I've been working for 2 months now and everyday I still have to remind myself that my insecurities are not worth the opportunities I pass up or the guilt it might bring...

Anyway, I hope you get better.


has anyone seen the Anime "Welcome to the N.H.K."? It's a dark comedy about a hikikomori (someone suffering from acute social withdrawal)... it actually helped me see how close I was to becoming one myself.. I cried at some of the episodes ^_^;

 

[L Hilla]

Mostly housebound, until I actually go somewhere with a family member, out of town, to the store, and such. But for modt of the time I'm just here at home, on the computer, trying to figure otu what I'm gonna do with my life.

 

[SnowWolf]

/raises hand

I go out once a week for grocery shopping, only other times are for appointments with doctors and things. I know avoidance only makes things worse for me in the end - like CBT has told me over and over and over. But when I force myself to go out and do things I don't want to just 'for the sake of it' I just feel like it's pointless and wonder how this will ever help me. How long will I have to force myself before I don't feel like I want to just crawl into a hole and die? It feels like the answer is forever.

 

[Blue Teardrops]

I put 'no' because I'm not housebound to the extreme. But I wish there were an option for "somewhat" housebound because the only reason I leave the house is if I have no choice. I still go to school or work, but it's panicking for me any time I leave the house because I always am afraid I'll be attacked or I'll get in a car accident. Housebound otherwise.