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Agrophobia and hyper vigilance

Gaza69

Hiya folks I haven't been on here for a long time and it's real nice to be back browsing this forum, makes ya feel a little better reading similar issues, I hope that doesn't come across bad?

I really have been struggling going out for a long duration and feel real uneasiness when I'm out, constantly looking behind me, to the side imagining things are there that are not. So it exhausts me so much I refrain going out the majority of the time.

Also hate getting in cars as a passenger feel like the car I'm travelling in is going to crash so I'm always on hyper alert when I'm travelling in a car(even my wife's car) I don't and have never driven. This totally impacts on my whole life as I can't take my young kids out feeling it is to much of a struggle. My kids are 8 and 3 which is another difficulty with my sensory issues.ive only been diagnosed at 50 I'm now 51.

The hypervigilance has gradually got worst over the last 5ish years or so. I feel as though everything is hard work at the moment, one good thing I've got a occupational therapist  appt in a local Costa first thing in the morning this week when it's quiet.

When I'm at home I feel so much more relaxed and always feel so relieved to be home. I don't work atm and couldn't imagine working with all these struggles going on.

Kind regards garethx p.s any views would be most appreciated 

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  • Sounds PTSD-related.

    Identify what triggers you the most. 

  • in reply to Desmond79

    are you a Doctor ? how can you so casually diagnose PTSD ?

  • in reply to NAS73543

    Facilitating awareness is the first step toward education. We are not mathematicians at age 5, but love to talk about what we've learned in class.  

    I am not a philosopher but I own shelves of books on philosophy and psychoanalysis. I consider these Field Guides. How to navigate society fluidly. I can share information in them if you're confused about a thing. It may or may not help. 

    There is also an element to being older, having gone through a period of time and emerging from it, like learning to drive. Learning to deal with an office space. Learning to snowboard. I'm not an instructor or a building site manager, but experience counts for a thing. 

    There is a great matter of difference between discussing possibilities to facilitate awareness and creating a diagnostic. A forum and a community is best suited for the one. 

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  • in reply to NAS73543

    Facilitating awareness is the first step toward education. We are not mathematicians at age 5, but love to talk about what we've learned in class.  

    I am not a philosopher but I own shelves of books on philosophy and psychoanalysis. I consider these Field Guides. How to navigate society fluidly. I can share information in them if you're confused about a thing. It may or may not help. 

    There is also an element to being older, having gone through a period of time and emerging from it, like learning to drive. Learning to deal with an office space. Learning to snowboard. I'm not an instructor or a building site manager, but experience counts for a thing. 

    There is a great matter of difference between discussing possibilities to facilitate awareness and creating a diagnostic. A forum and a community is best suited for the one. 

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