Unbuckle Your Fears | Agoraphobia Recovery

In 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/

In Episode 2 of Unbuckle Your Fears, Megan Barrow talks about coping strategies for panic attacks.She discusses some of the theory shared across socials and how some are not helpful, kind or compassionate, along with what her psychiatrist first taught her about getting through panic attacks.She also shares real life examples of how she coped through panic attacks and sets herself for success in workplace meetings, public transport, hospital and concerts. 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/

In this first episode of Unbuckle Your Fears, Melbourne based Megan Barrow shares her lived experience of anxiety, agoraphobia, panic disorder, panic attacks, depression, suicide & PTSD through to thiving with mental wellness.She also shares how important it is for those with mental ill health to not just define themselves by their health and challenges you on how you would (or want to) describe yourself.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/