“Can agoraphobia be cured?”

“Will I ever be able to get completely over it?”

“Will I ever live a normal life again?”

Though it exists in many forms, this is the number one question I have received from visitors to the Agoraphobia Help website. And the answer to this question is yes!

Agoraphobia CAN be completely cured and you CAN get completely over it. I am living proof of this.

Agoraphobia is highly treatable because it is not a mental illness. Anxiety disorders and phobias, of which agoraphobia is both, consist of learned thoughts and behaviors. The good thing about learnd thoughts and behaviors is that you can unlearn them.

I am not saying that it’s easy to unlearn panic or irrational fear, but it can be done if you do the right things consistently over time.

If you have agoraphobia can lead a normal life again. In fact, research says that about 90% of people who practice cognitive-beavioral therapy (CBT) on a consistent basis either recover from agoraphobia completely or have a significant reduction in symptoms.

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