During the pandemic, author Joanna Cannon suffered a relapse of the agoraphobia – a fear that had plagued her as a teenager. Here, she discusses her journey to recovery.
During the pandemic, author Joanna Cannon suffered a relapse of the agoraphobia – a fear of open spaces that often leaves sufferers housebound – that had plagued her as a teenager. Here, she shares her journey to recovery.severe panic attack
The shadow of it was always there, though, because as anyone who suffers from depression or anxiety will tell you, these things don’t just disappear. They continue to sit in the landscape of your life. If didn’t go out for a couple of weeks, if I didn’t sleep well or hadn’t eaten properly, that feeling of panic would try to edge its way into my mind. But I knew how to handle it. I could bat it out of the way. Until lockdown.
Then restrictions began lifting in the summer of 2021, and then those familiar feelings of panic began to grow. It was only then I realised my agoraphobia had returned, I just hadn’t noticed its presence, cleverly hidden behind a pandemic. The pandemic and subsequent lockdowns, have turned into a great feeder of mental illness.
I’d found a routine, a safe corridor of existence, and I was reluctant to leave. I wasn’t even sure if I could
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