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I just want to tweet on Agoraphobia. I’m agoraphobic. Being agoraphobic doesn’t mean you don’t go outside AT ALL. It can do though at its worst. I still have moments where I won’t go out at all. Mostly I can go out so long as someone is with me
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It’s also not a fear of open spaces. That’s total BS! It’s a fear of having a disabling panic attack whilst out of the house. Agoraphobic people are not scared of the sky, or the street or a lamp post or ppl. They are scared of what happens to THEM when they go out ie anxiety
I’m autistic and been like this since I was about 14. I actually believe that the panic attacks I have while out are triggered by sensory overwhelm. Otherwise I’m the least anxious person you would ever meet. I would walk through the roughest estate in Brixton fearless
I’d stand up and argue my case in court with confidence. I’m not the anxious type in that way. But being in Primark alone can induce a disabling panic attack in me 
Being on public transport alone does the same etc
Being on public transport alone does the same etc
I once came home and listened to a message from a social worker that was recorded by accident with her and her boss taking the piss out of me for being out (not home) when I’m agoraphobic it went on for ten minutes - very nasty stuff !
The joke backfired when I played it to the Director of Social Services and they jogged her and her boss on though 
Ta Da Turnips 
Ta Da Turnips
I didn’t ask for them to be sacked though. I said keep them well away from me and I want holiday Playscheme’s for my kids without further ado or I will take it further. They got sacked but I didn’t ask for that. Sacking ppl doesn’t stop them being idiots does it 
Before I knew I was autistic I didn’t understand what was triggering it and when I saw psychiatrists they said it was slightly “strange” Ie my profile and it didn’t perfectly fit the description of agoraphobia but that was the only label that could best describe it
So that is the official dx however what it actually is, is sensory overwhelm which gets so bad I often need assistance from someone else when it happens because it affects my vision and I can’t see! Anyone would panic if they suddenly couldn’t see and was out alone !
Sensory overwhelm can just shut me down and when I had little babies in buggies it was so terrifying that I wouldn’t go out in case it happened when I was responsible for them 
When my kids were babies and little I did everything I could to make sure it didn’t affect them (or I tried to minimise the impact) by having childminders to take them to baby groups and by having holiday Playscheme’s for every holiday so they wasn’t trapped in with me
