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Question: having a fear of being around people? i'm suppose to start a job on thursday and am having second thoughts because i can't handle being around people. i hardly ever leave the house and when i do i sort of have panic attacks especially when i have to go to a store or something like that. i need the money but I'm considering suicide over taking the job. this isn't the first job i turned down for this same reason. my family doesn't help they just think i'm lazy and really crazy they don't understand how hard it is for me. people have always made fun of every little thing about me i could never do anything right and i think that's why i have this problem. I'm extremely self conscious and i hate everything about myself. i don't know what i should do. i feel like i'm going to throw up just thinking about the job.


Answers: having a fear of being around people? i'm suppose to start a job on thursday and am having second thoughts because i can't handle being around people. i hardly ever leave the house and when i do i sort of have panic attacks especially when i have to go to a store or something like that. i need the money but I'm considering suicide over taking the job. this isn't the first job i turned down for this same reason. my family doesn't help they just think i'm lazy and really crazy they don't understand how hard it is for me. people have always made fun of every little thing about me i could never do anything right and i think that's why i have this problem. I'm extremely self conscious and i hate everything about myself. i don't know what i should do. i feel like i'm going to throw up just thinking about the job.

Hiya,

I didn't answer the first time you asked the question about the job because I was unable to offer a positive recommendation. Unfortunately, I am disabled due to my fear of public places. I haven't been able to work in over ten years. I suffer from extreme panic when I have to even shop. I've found that shopping in 24 hour stores in the middle of the night helps alot.
I've had to drastically alter my life in order to deal with this disorder. I used to work in customer service in a very active place. I agree with others who have recommended Mental Health professionals. There are medications and counseling that can really help. You will have to buckle down and really work towards getting better. Its not easy. I should know. If left untreated this disorder may severely interrupt your life. Act now and get help before it gets any worse. Agoraphobia is not laziness by a long shot. Its a miserable way to live and perhaps some books on the subject might inform your family more completely of the horrible war you wage just to leave your home. Don't give up. There is hope but you must act now and work towards getting better.

Good Luck! I'd love to hear how you are doing.

I really understand where your comming from. I am the same way. i became a hermit for the longest time untill I got mental help that has whats worked for me. I still cant go to large places, I freak out but I try really really hard not to think about everyhting else just do what im told. I listen to my music at work and sit far away from everyone else and just try to get though each moment.. I dont know if that is any help. This is just what I have done myself.

Get some professional help to deal with coping. It will get better. Don't be afraid of what others think remember that their human too & have the same fears as you. Some people are better at masking it though. The woman that you look up to & are afraid of her laughing at you might be disgusting to look at in a bathing suit or she might feel like she's not as good as her friend with a PHD-just an example but were all the same. Everone has issues with themselves & if they say that they don't well they're sad liars. Get some help before it's too late & you end up killing yourself over nothing but what idiots might or might not be thinking about you





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