Comments on: What causes a person to develop agoraphobia and panic attacks?

By: Verona G

Verona G — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:59 +0000

my cousin got it after he was mugged

By: SexyLady

SexyLady — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:59 +0000

It can be from abuse, traumatic experiences such as rape, near abduction, etc. Sometimes its all just from the way you think as well.

By: reno_tony_casino

reno_tony_casino — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:59 +0000

instability if someone believes they cannot trust the ppl around them fam or whatever they retreat into a state where they were last comfortable.

By: lazlouz2001

lazlouz2001 — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:59 +0000

I can only answer this from my own personal experience.
A few years ago I became friends with someone I worked with. There were three of us including my housemate, and we went everywhere together, and hung out all together all the time. However, it was the most stressful friendship I have ever experienced, for reasons I will not go into.
After about 6 months of this friendship, I began to have panic attacks. At first they were nothing too bad, but after a while they became so severe that I would hyperventilate until I passed out.
The worst came as I was still working with this person, and my work life became unbearably stressful too and I was terrified that I would have a panic attack at work.
In the end, I handed in my notice and started a new job this September and have had no contact with this person since, and guess what? No more panic attacks.
So for me, they were definitely brought on by severe stress. I hope that I am not just susceptible to them as I don’t want them to restart when I am under severe stress again, but I can’t actually imagine being in a situation that stressful again!

By: ladysorrow

ladysorrow — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:39:59 +0000

Pressure in life… specially if someone suffered bullying at school as a child, that could be triggered later on very easily depending on the situation.