Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan

Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan 24″ x 30″ x 1″

Living with agoraphobia is like being a caged animal who fears its capture and environment. My mind passes back and forth and my panic increases with everyday that passes. Daily events round the world confirm the need to be locked away, for my own safety and sometimes others. On occasion certain parts of my mind wish to escape the confinement the agoraphobia has created, parts of my other illnesses such as my borderline personality disorder and psychotic depression bash their metaphorical heads against the bars of my prison. This illness is the child of my post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), from trauma comes anxiety and this ultimately changed my entire behaviour and personality.

Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan 24″ x 30″ x 1″

Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan 24″ x 30″ x 1″

Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan 24″ x 30″ x 1″

Agoraphobia – By Charlotte Farhan 24″ x 30″ x 1″

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality.

(Sigmund Freud)

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