WHAT IS AGORAPHOBIA, WHAT ARE THE CAUSES OF AGORAPHOBIA AND WHAT ARE THE EFFECTIVE WAYS TO CURE THIS DISEASE?

Phobia is intense fear of some situation; object or place.Agoraphobia is fear of visiting to public places. It is the worst kind of phobia that makes patient mentally handicapped.

What exactly is Agoraphobia?

Agoraphobia is extreme fear of visiting market place.

Generally Patient with Agoraphobia has fear of Visiting following places.

·         Shopping market                                                           

·         Cinema theater

·         Sea shore

·         Tunnel

·         Bridge

·         Social gatherings, such as marriages, events, parties etc

·         Transportation

·         Air planes

·         Elevators

·         Patient feels an intense PHOBIC feeling and panic attacks while visiting public places. Patient cannot face this overwhelming 

      Feeling of fear or embarrassment.Patient readily escape from public places like there is no tomorrow.

Causes of agoraphobia:

·         Genetic inheritance may be main contributing factor

·         Severe Anxiety syndrome and worsened panic disorder may induce panic attacks. This situation makes patient more venerable to agoraphobia.

·         Feeling of loneliness

·         Feeling of helplessness. Patient has the extreme fear filling that he will not face either certain circumstances, or situation. This mentality makes patient fearful, depressed and agoraphobic.

·         Nervous personality of person makes him hopelessly fearful.

Symptoms of agoraphobia 

  Agoraphobia causes symptoms, similar to panic attack and severe anxiety disorder.

  These symptoms are mentioned below.

§  Loss of breath

§  Palpitation-increase heart rate

§  perspiration while visiting public places

§  Patient has hard feeling of loose his self control whiles visiting public places.

§  He will afraid of facing certain situation.

§  Trembling while facing certain object, place or situation.

Medical Treatment of Agoraphobia:

·         Anti depressants

·         anti anxiety medicines

Medical supervised treatment will help patient to recover from worsened condition.

Bold approach:

Agoraphobic patient has fear of visiting public places.

Gradually exposing agoraphobic patient to place which he fears, is the best therapy.

Apply this technique frequently.

After repeatedly facing feared situation, Patient will realizes his senseless fear.

Yoga, meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy

These therapies are helpful to relax patient, provided proper guidance of experts are available.