Oh, you too! @tyme And my sister always thought exactly the same! She is also agoraphobic but will go to certain places as long at is with someone trusted. I freak her out because she just can't understand how I can enter into a million anxiety driven overcompensating social butterfly conversations.

I sometimes have thought people mistake it for intoxication, it sort of can feel like that.

I once did an impromptu mime followed by a monologue performance act in a busy shoe shop in Newtown, it was entirely because I was beyond stressed out of my mind, no one would have guessed😂

Definitely taking kids out helps a lot. Before last Christmas we were disco ice skating. It is very real, once you slide back into not going out, it is really hard to avoid falling into another long cycle. Might have to sharpen the skates in the hopes this long cycle breaks. 

I have a fear of driving further than 15 minutes from home. Did something radical and drove 40 minutes today. Managed to side swipe a metal post due to being anxious but still, a start! Figuring if that fear can be overcome then getting to where to I know no one might help.

I am so glad you are out even though it is not easy!