Few places are more evocative of early-pandemic anxiety than the grocery store. In that first year before vaccines, when we had much less information about how the coronavirus spread, a jolt of panic ...

Leaving the house can be a terrifying prospect for people with agoraphobia, who have a hard time feeling safe in public. While many are staying inside during the coronavirus pandemic, this is not the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the unexpected effects of the ongoing pandemic has been a surge in cases of agoraphobia. The condition is now keeping an ...

Discover essential insights about agoraphobia, its symptoms, causes, and effective treatments for this anxiety disorder.

In a typical day as the "Agoraphobic Traveller," Jacqui Kenny may see Mongolian mountains, brightly-colored houses in Arizona and a plain in Kyrgyzstan -- all from the safety of her home. Eight years ...

Panic attacks are strongly associated with agoraphobia, which is an anxiety disorder involving the fear of not being able to escape a difficult or embarrassing situation. As a result of this fear, ...

Q: My daughter tells me her new roommate is afraid to leave a 10-block area around their apartment in New York City. She has something called agoraphobia. What is that? A: Agoraphobia is literally the ...

The term agoraphobia originally meant fear of the marketplace, or open spaces, in general. It has come now to be used more loosely to refer to people who avoid, or feel uncomfortable in a variety of ...

About 10 years ago, Naomi "Nonie" Lynn was diagnosed with agoraphobia or the fear of public places. She sits down with Mandy Lashay to share how Mandy's visits turned into a friendship.

Lizzie Duszynski-Goodman is a journalist living in the Midwest with her husband and two young children. Her work explores the intersection of mental health, wellness and parenting. She is the former ...