As much as you miss the cacio e pepe at your neighborhood pasta joint, you’re likely fairly adjusted to lockdown by now. But with coronavirus cases in the U.S. increasing as states reopen, you might ...

I experienced the first of what became recurring anxiety attacks in 2013, but I wasn’t given the diagnosis of panic disorder with agoraphobia until 2017. In those four years, my life became ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. CLEVELAND (WJW) – The pandemic is now being ...

Leaving the house can be a terrifying prospect for people with agoraphobia, who have a hard time feeling safe in public. While many are staying inside during the coronavirus pandemic, this is not the ...

Few places are more evocative of early-pandemic anxiety than the grocery store. In that first year before vaccines, when we had much less information about how the coronavirus spread, a jolt of panic ...

Adjusting to reopening and social interactions will be difficult for people with anxiety disorders like agoraphobia. How do you get through it? Also, if you signed up for the vaccine, but haven't hear ...

The fear or anxiety must occur in two of the five situations to meet criteria for agoraphobia. According to the DSM-V, if the individual fears only one situation, the specific phobia is the diagnosis.

AKRON, Ohio – Most of us have experienced a healthy dose of anxiety over the past year about leaving home and risking exposure to the deadly coronavirus. But for some of us, the anxiety is developing ...

Picture this: I’ve packed my bag, brushed my hair, and I’m ready to run that errand. As the door clicks open, a familiar thought flashes across my mind: “You can still get out of this. You can stay ...

I wasn't ready for a pandemic. Over ten years ago, I found myself in an American Care physician's office explaining to a doctor wearing a well-tailored red suit why I hadn't left my house in over ...

A man whose agoraphobia left him virtually housebound for 20 years says he has been cured by becoming a postman. Chris, from ...