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Computer old? Mine is too.

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Hello, My name is Jeremy.  I am a agoraphobic with a social phobia and suffer from PTSD, OCD and a Anxiety disorder.  If you do not know what that is, the definition is :

 

A) anxiety about being in places or situations from which escape might be difficult (or embarrassing) or in which help may not be available in the event of having an unexpected or situationally predisposed Panic Attack or panic-like symptoms. Agoraphobic fears typically involve characteristic clusters of situations that include being outside the home alone; being in a crowd, or standing in a line; being on a bridge; and traveling in a bus, train, or automobile.

B) The situations are avoided (e.g., travel is restricted) or else are endured with marked distress or with anxiety about having a Panic Attack or panic-like symptoms, or require the presence of a companion.

C) The anxiety or phobic avoidance is not better accounted for by another mental disorder, such as Social Phobia (e.g., avoidance limited to social situations because of fear of embarrassment), Specific Phobia (e.g., avoidance limited to a single situation like elevators), Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (e.g., avoidance of dirt in someone with an obsession about contamination), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (e.g., avoidance of stimuli associated with a severe stressor), or Separation Anxiety Disorder (e.g., avoidance of leaving home or relatives)

 

I am currently trapped in the legal battle of trying to get disability, which if anyone reading this has ever filed, it is a huge uphill battle.  I have not been able to work since 2012.  With the exception of seeing my Dr's and my Therapist, I do not leave my home very much at all.  If I do leave my home, its with a group of family and friends who come to help out with me. 

I have started this in a attempt to get help in getting a new computer setup.  It is literally my window to interaction with the rest of the world around me.  Most of my friends are digital.  Most of the life I do have inside the safety and security of my home comes from the internet and my friends there in the few games I play. 

At this time my computer is slowly dying and soon I fear it will just die and I will be left with no link to many of the people I depend on on a daily basis for comfort, anxiety management and to keep me company so I am not a complete shut in. 

 

Anything will help.  If you do not, I really appreciate you reading this to the end anyways.  If nothing else, this will raise awareness for the problems I and many other peopel around the world suffer from.  Agoraphobia by its very nature is a very private disorder.  This will at least allow others to know we are out there, behind our walls, unable to face the world outside of thier small comfort zone for any number of reasons.

If you do help, thank you so much!! 

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Jeremy Griffis
Organiser
Dayton, OH

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