Agoraphobia Support Group

TY jstsIm. I get out to the store and Dr sometimes, but I always have Gabby with me. I wish I could trust people as much as I do dogs...guess that's why I have 4 of them, and puppies a couple times a year.

I know this feeling only too well ,the frustration with myself and the situation are unbareable at times .I was used to 60 hour weeks and having to think on my feel and deliver all the time .Now..well I keep the house clean ,help my inlaws and mother a bit and encourage my kids with school and work..but that it ,not a lot for a grown woman with a brain to be doing .

But you are so right Reba ,we contribute to the lives of others in ways we often never know about .Just a few words at the right time can often make a difference ,even if we never see it .This world of ours has made it all about money and having the right kind of job .But to me the guy who sweeps the streets is doing somthing more valuable than some lawyer who only cares about getting as much money as possible .

I think we judge sucess and worth wrongly..or at least we distort what they mean so that it all becomes about possesions and status..with happiness or goodness meaning next to nothing .

We may be no body in the eyes of the world ,but to a select few and to eachother we have great value .

I have TUTU, but he is agoraphobic too, so will not go out with me. I have been working with him , taking his whole house outside to get some sunshine. He's starting to like it a little more and is very quiet outthere. Inside he is never IN his cage and will open the little doors and push out the crocks onto the floor to get out whenever he wants, so I leave the door open all day. He isn't allowed on the floor, he bites feet and will chase you if he thinks you will play back! Any way , He's my baby and I could and would talk about him all night! I'll save you that!

We love TUTU Reba!

Dont forget Reba..you rescued him from a state of misery..an intelligent creature with a personality and a mind owes his happiness to you..and yeah..we love him too

In fact ..dont tell him (we dont want any swelled egos ) but he has somthing of a fan club here .

I wish I could take videos to show you guys! He is quite a character! But if you could see the mess he can make or the damage he can do in ten minutes you'de be saying OH HELL NO!

I wish you could too..I have a massive soft spot for the whole cockatoo/cockatiel/parrot family .They have such personality and intelligence ..and believe me I know about the mess ,my little cockatiel ate out christmas decorations one year..destroyed the lot ..im sure he thought they were his new toys

TU chews up 5 to 12 pinecones per day, their parts go on the floor or hit me in the back of the head if I'm too long on the computer!

i find it very difficult for those who know me to take me seriously with the issues i face each day.i got a job and within a week i had quit.my family thinks i'm lazy or i overreact too much.but the truth is i get dizzy,awful stomach pains and a huge sense of sadness and fear mixed with frustrating anger.....i catch a cab to work which is not easy because of the Ocd about strange men.i was on ssi for 15 years for general anxiety disorder..got married and checks stopped but my issues didn't.i have two prescriptions just next door at rite aide and too afraid to walk over there and get them..klonopin and zoloft.my job says bring a note from my doctor but i don't even know if i should waste their time.when will i get better and be able to just keep a job.errrr!

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