I have been in and out of employment for the last 3 years, because I have agoraphobia and I can not seem to put myself in situations that I fell may cause me to panic.  The scenarios range from not wanting to work in a bank or gas station in fear of armed robbery, to not working at a hospital or medical facility in fear of catching illness, but the worst one is not being able to work or let my husband work in fear that something bad will happen to him and I will be lost. No one in my family understands and they think I am just lazy, but the truth is if I could do everything with my husband including work we are both happy, and we have.  The last 2 jobs we had we worked together and we may get that chance again (we were seaonal workers and we were good employees but we have to wait until the company finishes paperwork with their new partners), but while we are waiting for callbacks from that employer we are broke.  We have 4 animals to support and adoption is not an option as they are our kids.  He is going to school so it would be best for me to get a job.  But I just don't know how to cope.  My anxiety is so fierce that I can't even apply for a job unless it's online or someone brings me home an application.  Any thoughtful suggestions would be nice.

I can completely understand your current situation. In my circle of friends and acquaintances there is also a person which has agoraphobia and evertime I meet him I can see how this anxiety influnces his life in a very negative way.  Maybe your husband can support you in order to find a new job for you or maybe someone else that you trust can help you. I keep my fingers crossed that everything workes out nice.

My mother had both Agoraphobia and anxiety just like you and was so bad she never left her bedroom. After awhile, she seeked professional help with a psychologist and discovered meditation. She avoided taking any medicine unless absolutely neccessary and made small baby steps at first. After help and meditation, her fears went away. I myself also have anxiety attacks all the time. It seems like the pressure in my chest never goes away. I just started to go back for meditation to talk out my issues and i do feel some of the pressure subsiding. Anxiety and Panic Attacks run in my family and the one thing that always helps me is to keep my mind busy, do something to stop thinking about the attacks. I find myself feeling better and then wondering when the pressure going to come back... KEEP BUSY and SEE SOMEONE FOR MEDITATION...!! Good luck to you, I hope this helps!