Has anyone here become housebound due to their mental health problems?

Question

I'll just give a few details. I've been housebound for the last year. I have severe OCD and also BDD, I'm very paranoid and suspicious of people that they might be judging me, laughing at me, etc, which makes it near impossible to go anywhere.

No-one, I had the same panic attacks when I was 11, it ruined many years of my teenagerl life and I felt such a 'freak' at the time, I thought there was something physically wrong with me because I didn't know what is was or why it was happening. I'm sorry you had to suffer so badly too, it's not right for us to have gone through that, especially so young.

Answer 1

I am ..I get out to go to the doc and to buy groceries..that's it..no social life, no movies, no nothing... I am sad all the time and my anxiety has gotten so bad that it's very hard to even drive and buy groceries...people make me nervous..big stores makes me nervous... When I do venture out, I have an anxiety attack before I even start the car..so, yes. I am not housebound but I can't do much outside the house

Answer 2

I have, since I was 12. I'm 15 now.. Agoraphobia, other panic disorders, OCD, biploar or some other depression disorder. Moodswings up the *** and paranoid as hell, I know how you feel. I pretty much have to puke the moment I step into a corwded area, and usually end up getting extremely nervous even at the thought of going outside.

When I was 9 I had a horrible case of anxiety attacks that only went away after a year because my friends had helped me through it. But that lead off to crippling depression disorders and other issues with some people, so I basically just stopped leaving the house. I didn't even know I couldn't leave again until I tried, and ended up scarring myself worse than any depression issue could.

I really hope your mental disorders mild. I'm sure its a living hell for you already.

Answer 3

Yes I have been, in a way.
I suffer from depression and other mental health issues. I hardly never go anywhere unless I have to. Due to depression, i find i get tired really easily and when i do go out, I get very anxious that people are looking at me or talking about me. One time I even fell asleep on a bench out side of a supermarket store. I try to avoid going out at all costs, it has effected me in many ways, I have no social life, I don't go to school or have a job and am incresingly getting more anxious day by day about going out as i spend more time inside.

Answer 4

Yes, I have in the past, and I seem in danger of being almost that bad again. I have to push myself to go out and do my grocery shopping and go to the post office for the mail.

I had a friend years ago who did not leave his own property more than once in a rare while, and referred to his condition as agoraphobia: fear of the market place, literally. He felt like he could function normally as long as he had his groceries delivered and did not need to go out.

However, he was forgetting that when he did stir himself go to activities and visit friends, he almost always had a good time.

Answer 5

I work in the disability insurance industry right now and I think about 15% to 20% of disability claims are due to mental disorders. The mental disorder makes it impossible to do the person's regular job and they usually remain at home. I've had friends who can't leave their home and work due to their mental health problems; I also grew up with my mother, who could never leave home because of her agoraphobia.

Answer 6

yes, I have... I have Bipolar I disorder. its a crippling disease in a sense. I cannot interact with others very well, my panic attacks, and anxiety definately don't let me work. Ive tried and tried... to be normal, whatnot... Its so hard. so... mentally excruciating. I am married, and thats a job in itself... for him and I. Im trying my best, and try to stay sane with my poetry and art. I dont have many friends... I am a caring person, but people get tired of wondering what mood will I be in today? so as quick as I made friends, i lose them. i only have my hsband, brother and sister to talk to. and I feel bad for them as well. they love me.. but I know they ask themselves "when will it end?" and it will never, its a life long disease. Its a battle.

Answer 7

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