Agoraphobia Recovery Part 1: Housebound to Working & Independent Living

Message Megan directIn this episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, lived experience speaker and advisor Megan Barrow, shares her story of Agoraphobia Recovery, focusing on the period of housebound to returning to independent work.She revisits where she was at in her agoraphobia, what she'd tried to recover, finding the right mental health specialist, their treatment plan of medication, CBT (Cognitive Behaviour Therapy) and exposure therapy, and then starting work again.She also explains how she thought she was recovered from agoraphobia when she was working and living independently, but she still had phobia avoidance behaviour. In part two she will cover the next stage of her "recovery".The episode concludes with a question for you to consider.The book mentioned is "An End to Panic: Breakthrough Techniques for Overcoming Panic Disorder" by Elke Zuercher-White.If you have any feedback, topic ideas or questions, email [email protected] more information, head to https://www.unbuckleyourfears.com/Follow on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/unbuckleyourfears/