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I believe there may be some truth to that statement. When I discovered that I had AS a couple years ago, I thought the AS was the reason that I was having panic attacks. Now that I have my panic attacks under control, I realize they were caused by Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, brought on by severe physical and mental abuse, as a child/adolescent. My hyper-sensitivety just acted as a trigger sometimes and wasn't the cause. I still don't like to go out but, at least I don't(usually) have to deal with those, paralyzing panic attacks anymore.

in high school i used to have the most wonderful dreams that i would grow up and never have to leave my house never have to go out among the crowds and mean people. i could work from my house and never leave. have the groceries delivered and everything. *sigh* it hasn't happened yet. do you guys that are housebound suggest it over being able to go out? is it even possible?

Imagine being in your situation, and then forced to go to prison for a few months.

Believe it or not, you would survive. It's amazing what the human mind will adapt to, when forced. You CAN do whatever you want.

I disagree saying agoraphobia is unrelated to autism is like saying depression is unrelated to autism.

Being out in the world as an autistic causes pain , therefore do not go out.

Cause and effect.

Outside= fire

Autistic= hand

I like how you wait until I leave to get friends

I didnt leave the house much in 2004, and even now I stick to a safe group of like-minded people to socialise with.

I find my social impairments effected me the most and were the reason why I have found myself at home so much over the years when I wanted to be out with (hypothetical) friends.

Followed by sensory issues which make me irritable, grumpy and hyper and then people get angry and reject me because they think Im being spoilt or complaining too much etc. I am not a fan of bad smells or loud noises and too much visual anything overloads me.

I think that dealing with both the social and sensory issues would help. It would be nice if there were some researchers out there trying to figure out how to alleviate sensory sensitivity problems instead of looking for genes etc.

it is odd but when i try to get along with others, be nice etc. and really try to fit in then i don't get along with anyone and crash hard emotinally after every try. it would get me housebound but i go out because of my parents- they don't have to worry about my problems

but when i don't care at all about wether or not i might offend someone or hurt someone's feelings or act improperly, people come to me and i suddenly have someone to talk to.

weird

Lots of good issues covered here.

I dream of not having to leave the house to work.My mother is house bound and we both drank for year in an attempt to socialize and deal with sensory issues.Mine are not nearly as extream as OP(sounded more like the times I have done LSD)but I dislike bright light and people moving,standing in one place and feeling like I may tip over.This was all much worse when I was in my teens and has improved with age/time/practice?...but I still avoid going out any more then the "basics" require.The worse fr me now is that I work with a bunch of barking dogs....I love them so much but the barking makes me feel like screaming or crying...overload.

I have revolved my life around working nights and it does help....the world is quiter and I can do my shopping in the early morning when most people are at their jobs.There are ways to adjust a little.As far as going out and enjoying it....only if I can be in a place with out people hunting for cool rocks for hours...can't be to hot,to sunny and I have to make sure I have my water,lip balm and lotion,so my skin doesn't over-load in "dryness".I think I have some over sensitivity and some under sensitivity because I love the physical contact of the dogs,dont mind the smells and other staff seem to avoid these things.Weird wiring,indeed.

Well I made my first real reciprocal friends, from meeting up with fellow socially anxious people. In other words without the internet I wouldn't have made friends.

I have been quite reclusive in the past. I didn't have agoraphobia in the classic sense, but social phobia.

I mistakenly call myself outgoing sometimes. In fact I probably send less time around people than most, and get away with avoiding people quite a bit. But I'm much less socially anxious than I was. I haven't seen my friends in three weeks. I try not to go longer than this because it is a rule I devised in order not to go back to old habits.

Thanks



Please do!

I don't like exposing myself to people.... but i am not xenophobic, because i like people, i just don't trust them much.

I am not agorophobic, because I like sitting outside in my empty backyard in the sun.

I can't do the live at night time thing for a couple of reasons. One, I am in school and need to sleep then. Two, I am actually afraid of the dark. (grins) I mean I can go to wally world in my car, but walking around outside at night is scary to me. Just walking outside the door to put my trash in the bin is scary.

I would simply like to be able to not leave my house. I wouldn't have to deal with random people. But I might get lonely. Hmmm. Have to go live in Vegas. Legalised ...... ok going away now.

Count me as another housebound, except for work and occasional errands like the ATM machine.