Question about my boyfriend with bipolar disorder

Welcome. I am glad you found us. You will find lots of really great people here who are bipolar, and others who are spouses of people with bipolar.

The reason your boyfriend is a fraid of leaving his house due to what's called aghoraphobia. It is anxiety, and fear of being around strange places, and people. I had a fear of walking down the street because, I was afraid of dogs. It was apart of the depression phase of my bipolar disorder. I was afraid of leaving my comfort zone. I could hide out in my house forever. The other fear could be that he is afraid he might have an episode if he goes anywhere unfamiliar.

Do you know if he is on meds, or in therapy? The meds, and therapy have really helped me with the fear of going anywhere.

So, anyway, there is an aghoraphobia support group on this site, if you want more info on it.

Also I would suggest researching everything you can about this disorder. There is a lot of info out there online. There are alot of stories on this forum from people who love bipolars,too.

Feel free to vent, share or give advise.

I know a lot of "Normal" people who have phobia's about using the public restrooms, they will go with out using them till they get home, a lot of people bipolar or not, have trouble sleeping away from home..

You can educated yourself by being on here, and by looking up all the information you can find online, there are shelves and shelves of information at the library, somewhere on here in the archives of the posts you will find one with recommended reading, that will give you some titles to look for..