I ask this question because for the past 8-9 months I've become increasingly agoraphobic. My panic attacks had started to take over my life and I started seeing a pattern in my behaviour (avoiding going shopping - will do everything online instead. Stopped going in to University, quit my part time job, can't use public transport etc etc). I realised I was avoiding these things in fear of having a general panic attack which would then morph into a panic attack over the uneasy feeling in my stomach.

I can't go very far - and I'm talking steps - before I'm feeling the churning stomach, the closing of the throat, the heaviness of a dizzy head... and from there it's a downward spiral until I feel safe again. Which usually means going home

I've folded further and further into myself, I've got the social life of a fork and I find it nearly impossible to talk to people without causing myself extreme anxiety and panic attacks. I feel hopeless and I don't know where to start!

Never did I imagine myself at the age of 21 housebound and having limited access to life...