STARTING FROM THE BEGINNING AGAIN

Hello and Happy Thanksgiving to all of you.
I would like to talk to you about gong out of your comfort zone trying very hard to do the thing you fear. You get further  and further from your safe zone you are very proud of yourself. And then you have a really bad panic attack and you are back at square one. So now you get back up with more resolve to not let this set back get the best of you and try from square one. I hear this all the time on support groups I frequent. I just want to cry because I know it shouldn't be this way and no one should have to live this way. The sad truth is there is no reason to live this way there is help for this problem. I have been blogging about this help for almost 2 years.  You need to have yours eyes looked at for HETEROPHOTIA. You need a knowable eye doctor. This is a new field all doctors don't know how to deal with this problem. Quit regressing and blaming yourself for your condition. It is not your fault. Click on the test to the right and see what your score is. It is not you it is your eyes.
Just Believe. Love you all.

FEAR OF THE DARK

Hi all, in my last post one of the things I talked about was fear of being alone and fear of the dark. In my case if I am alone after midnight in my house I am a basket case. I call it my Cinderella syndrome. Well last weekend my husband was out of town and I was alone for two nights. I could have went but I didn't have a lot to do where he was going and it would have been boring, so I decided to see if I could overcome my fear of being alone. I do fine during the day it is at night that all hell breaks loose. True to form it was time to go to bed I had most of the lights on. I would sleep for an hour and be up that went on all night until I could see light coming through the window. Then I slept almost two hours. The next night I decided to sleep on the couch and leave the TV on. I figured you don't really need to be in bed to sleep. There really isn't anybody there saying "why aren't you in bed".  I use a sleep apnea  machine so I dragged that out with me. I didn't realize the food network is on all night. I listened to Guy Fieri  go from dinners, drive ins and dive's all night. I will say that sleeping on the couch was a lot better than the bed. So all in all I lived through my experience. Would I do it again? I don't think so. I really think it would have gotten easier the longer I had to do it but lets face it why get all strung out if you don't have to. I don't know if being alone and fear of the dark are special to agoraphobics in general or not. I do know it is definitely a mental condition. Agoraphobic on the other hand is not. Take the test on the right and see if you can get rid of at least one thing in your life.

Love you all, Yolanda

DON'T GIVE UP

Hello everybody, it has been a while since I posted so I just want to say hi and encourage you to not give up. I have put a lot of information on this blog over the course of a year and a half. Hopefully it has helped some of you and maybe it has encouraged some. We need the world to know the answer is simple. Nobody should ever have to suffer from this debilitating disability, especially since it is so easy to overcome. In my own life now that I have overcome agoraphobia with my wonderful glasses my next job is to overcome fear. I know a lot of people have this in some way or other. In my case it is fear of being alone at night. From the hours of 12 midnight to 6 in the morning. I am not especially fond of going places alone but it is doable but nights are awful. Maybe I could call it the cinderella syndrome. I am in the process of working through it. I know this is a mental condition from my youth. I even know when I became fearful. I guess it could also be called a fear of the dark, even though it doesn't bother me until late night. Getting rid of Agoraphobia was easier than this. Maybe because that was something physical but this fear is definately mental. I didn't know I had something to talk to you about today. Maybe some of you also have this. If you have an opinion I would love to hear it.
As usual your problem is your eyes take the test buy my book. The best to all of you always, Love, Yolanda

AGORAPHOBIA, AND BRIGHT IDEA!

AGORAPHOBIA AND GLASSES

Hi Everyone, we are coming in to the winter months, which in some ways are better for the agoraphobic. In the winter months we don't have BBB's and outdoor parties that we could be invited to. Things seem to calm down a bit and the guilt and shame of being home bound lightens up. The bad news is that the same problems are still with us only not as noticeable to other people as the warm months. The solution still is your eyes. Make that decision to get your eyes checked at a reputable eye doctor to see if you have HETEROPHORIA. For more information look at some of the posts on this site.  Vision Specialists of Michigan would be more than glad to give you any information you want. Like maybe finding a eye doctor that specializes in this in your state. Not all eye doctors know how to test for HETEROPHORIA they weren't taught in eye doctor school. Maybe all you want is information. If you can't call have someone you love call. Vision Specialists of Michigan want to help they know more about your condition than you do. Also take the test on the right and check out my book for how I overcame this. It's a great story. I know I lived it.

All the best to you always, Yolanda

AGORAPHOBIA AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

Hi everyone. We are going to venture down a different path today. (Of course it's still your eyes and you should take the test to the right and also see Dr. Debbie in Michigan.) I have come into the knowledge of Quantum Physics and cannot believe what I am reading. I am not young and this is the most exciting thing I have read in my life. I want to share with you this exciting new world. Don't let the word Physics scare you it is easy just open up your mind and tell yourself you can understand all of this. Also do a google search for more on this topic.

As usual I wish you all the best. Yolanda

Quantum physics shows us that the world is not the hard and unchangeable thing it may appear to be. Instead, it is a very fluid place continuously built up using our individual and collective thoughts.

What we think is true is really an illusion, almost like a magic trick.

Fortunately we have begun to uncover the illusion and most importantly, how to change it.

What is your body made of?

Nine systems comprise the human body including Circulatory, Digestive, Endocrine, Muscular, Nervous, Reproductive, Respiratory, Skeletal, and Urinary.

What are those made up of?

Tissues and organs.

What are tissues and organs made of?

Cells.

What are cells made of?

Molecules.

What are molecules made of?

Atoms.

What are atoms made of?

Sub-atomic particles.

What are subatomic particles made of?

Energy!

You and I are pure energy-light in its most beautiful and intelligent configuration. Energy that is constantly changing beneath the surface and you control it all with your powerful mind.

You are one big stellar and powerful Human Being.

If you could see yourself under a powerful electron microscope and conduct other experiments on yourself, you would see that you are made up of a cluster of ever-changing energy in the form of electrons, neutrons, photons and so on.

So is everything else around you. Quantum physics tells us that it is the act of observing an object that causes it to be there where and how we observe it.

An object does not exist independently of its observer! So, as you can see, your observation, your attention to something, and your intention, literally creates that thing.

This is scientific and proven.

Your world is made of spirit, mind and body.

Each of those three, spirit, mind and body, has a function that is unique to it and not shared with the other. What you see with your eyes and experience with your body is the physical world, which we shall call Body. Body is an effect, created by a cause.

This cause is Thought.

Body cannot create. It can only experience and be experienced … that is its unique function.

Thought cannot experience … it can only make up, create and interpret. It needs a world of relativity (the physical world, Body) to experience itself.

Spirit is All That Is, that which gives Life to Thought and Body.

Body has no power to create, although it gives the illusion of power to do so. This illusion is the cause of much frustration. Body is purely an effect and has no power to cause or create.

The key with all of this information is how do you learn to see the universe differently than you do now so that you can manifest everything you truly desire.

THE GRIM REALITY OF AGORAPHOBIA

I have to report to an orientation to keep my food stamp benefits. I got out of it once and can't get out of it this time. I hate that they don't take my condition seriously and won't make accommodations for me. After trying for a MONTH I finally got through to someone on the phone today. They MIGHT be able to help me when I come in, but have no concrete answers. They wouldn't even guess how long this orientation will last. It is so frustrating dealing with the state as it is, but being panicked about sitting in a group makes it worse. It's hard for me to go out, period, even with no group. I can't even go to church because of this, and that's a place I WANT to be in.I have made progress in therapy and doing EMDR. I leave the house a lot more than I did a year ago, but I am still struggling. I haven't seen my best friend in a couple months and had to beg her to take me. I feel so bad for asking though because she has so much on her plate already. Her daughter suffers from anxiety and tried to take her life last month. Instead of being there for her, I feel like I'm adding to her load. Finally saw a psychiatrist after waiting nearly a year. The one medicine he prescribed for as needed is a blood pressure med and makes me feel weird if I take recommended doses. Doesn't ease my anxiety much and the side effects scare me. I haven't taken the other prescription because it is one that says once you start it, you can't abruptly stop. Sounds too much like the antidepressants I've had bad experiences with. And the side effects are scary, one being possible depression! WTF are they doing to people with this stuff? I just want to cry. I don't want to go to this place on Thursday. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is just one of the many stories you can find on the net and on the support groups. They are all hurting in some way or the other. They don't have a voice there is no one out there for them. Not only do they live with the fear of Agoraphobia but also the fear of living from one day to the other. If you're one of these people please try and get legal help. Most of the time they will do it for what they can get out of it in the form of damages. I'm not a lawler but some of the people I have found on the net with this problem have sued and have gotten victory for their problems. I encourage you to read my book and the other things on this blog for help with your agoraphobia.