Few places are more evocative of early-pandemic anxiety than the grocery store. In that first year before vaccines, when we had much less information about how the coronavirus spread, a jolt of panic ...

An automated virtual reality therapy for treating severe agoraphobic avoidance has been sanctioned for NHS use in England. The recommendation was made pending more evidence being collected about the ...

Cecil Jackson, who has agoraphobia, says his life has completely changed after undergoing therapy and speaking about his struggles publicly with CBS News. But although he and his family celebrate his ...

Picture this: I’ve packed my bag, brushed my hair, and I’m ready to run that errand. As the door clicks open, a familiar thought flashes across my mind: “You can still get out of this. You can stay ...

I developed an interest in phobias, and in agoraphobia in particular, in 1954, as the result of developing the condition myself. One day, without any evident reason, I became panicky. I had the ...

Leah Pisciotta’s fear of being left alone and panic attacks started when she was 13 years old, but at the time, she didn’t know there was a name for what she was feeling. Her fear of a panic attack ...

DEAR ANNIE: I have agoraphobia, and before I knew what I suffered from, I thought I was going crazy. Even harder is getting my husband to understand the problem, since he can't see anything physically ...