Brenna Mae threw on a beanie, grabbed her messenger bag, and left her apartment on June 10 to go to Trader Joe’s. While so many people travel to the grocery store everyday, this moment was incredibly ...

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...

AKRON, Ohio – Most of us have experienced a healthy dose of anxiety over the past year about leaving home and risking exposure to the deadly coronavirus. But for some of us, the anxiety is developing ...

Leaving the house can be a terrifying prospect for people with agoraphobia, who have a hard time feeling safe in public. While many are staying inside during the coronavirus pandemic, this is not the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the unexpected effects of the ongoing pandemic has been a surge in cases of agoraphobia. The condition is now keeping an ...

The fear or anxiety must occur in two of the five situations to meet criteria for agoraphobia. According to the DSM-V, if the individual fears only one situation, the specific phobia is the diagnosis.

Panic attacks are strongly associated with agoraphobia, which is an anxiety disorder involving the fear of not being able to escape a difficult or embarrassing situation. As a result of this fear, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Phobias are never pleasant for their sufferers, but in many cases it is possible to avoid the situations that trigger those ...

One of the unexpected effects of the ongoing pandemic has been a surge in cases of agoraphobia. The condition is now keeping an untold number of Americans trapped inside their own homes, according to ...