# I got out of the house!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 5, 2010, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363 "2010-05-05T01:58:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 7:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363/21 "2010-05-07T07:20:20Z")

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> [@olivesmarch4th](#):
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> As a former agoraphobic, I salute you. This is no easy task, but it will get easier every time you do it.

Did you have after effects like I did? The anxiety during was a piece of cake. My mother, who had to drive me\*, said I was calmer than she’d seen me at home. That’s why I was so happy.

\*I don’t have a license for various reasons that I might mention some other time. And I know that (re-)learning how to drive is too big a step.

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**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363/22 "2010-05-07T23:04:27Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Also, one last cry of: Fuck those shitty benzos! You think I was like this before I was on them? Hell, no. Why the hell didn’t my doctor teach me how to stop a panic attack (like I’ve mostly learned now) rather than getting me started on a medicine and not telling me to get off of it before it was likely that I was going to be addicted?

I used to be angry that the doctors I took my son to didn’t try different medications with him. Now that he is doing better handling his anxiety, I realize what a bullet we dodged. His therapist taught him some CBT exercises to combat panic attacks with. My son is very quick to tell people that he will never take benzos.

I’m sending good vibes your way.

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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363/23 "2010-05-07T23:07:24Z")

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Good job, **BigT**!

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**Author:** ![Perciful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b38774/32.png) [@Perciful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Perciful)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-out-of-the-house/538363/24 "2010-05-08T05:52:38Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Did you have after effects like I did? The anxiety during was a piece of cake. My mother, who had to drive me\*, said I was calmer than she’d seen me at home. That’s why I was so happy.
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> \*I don’t have a license for various reasons that I might mention some other time. And I know that (re-)learning how to drive is too big a step.

T, Don’t worry about driving. I didn’t drive till I was in my 20’s. I couldn’t afford a car and a friend showed me when I bought my first 150 dollar car. It was a piece of cake and when the time is right you will know it.

So any plans for today? Don’t forget to get your Mom something for Mother’s Day 😉

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