I-Agoraphobia ukwesaba ukuba ngaphandle kwekhaya lakho, endaweni yomphakathi.

EGreece yasendulo, i-agora kwakuyi- indawo yomphakathi lapho abantu bomuzi babehlangana khona baxoxe. Igama elithi phobia likhombisa ukwesaba kuye,

Umuntu ophethwe i-agoraphobia angase abe nobunzima bokuwela ibhuloho noma ahlale endaweni isixuku. Ukuchitha isikhathi endaweni evaliwe efana nomzila ohamba ngaphansi komhlaba noma ezinye izithuthi zomphakathi, isibhedlela noma indawo yokubukela amabhayisikobho, kungabangela ukwesaba nokukhathazeka kwakhe. I-Ditto yendiza noma yezitolo. Ukulinda kulayini noma ukuma kulayini esitolo kungaba nzima kumuntu onalesi simo. Ukungabikho ekhaya ekugcineni kungaba umthombo wosizi kuma-agoraphobes.

I-Agoraphobia ivame ukuhlotshaniswa ne-a uvalo lokuphazamiseka, okungukuthi, ukuphazamiseka kokukhathazeka okuvela ngokuzumayo futhi kubangela izimpawu ezinamandla (i-tachycardia, ukujuluka, isiyezi, njll.). Umuntu uba nokucindezeleka okukhulu. Ukukhathazeka kubangelwa ukuthi uyesaba ukuvalelwa, ukungakwazi ukuphuma kalula endaweni evalekile noma egcwele abantu. Ngezinye izikhathi, ngemva kokuphazamiseka kokwethuka, umuntu akasakwazi ukuya endaweni yokuhlasela kwangaphambilini.

I-Agoraphobia ingenzeka zihlukanise abantu abaphethwe yiso, abanye abasawashiyi amakhaya abo, ikakhulukazi ngenxa yokwesaba ukuba nenkinga. Lesi sifo sengqondo singesinye sezifo izinzwa. Ingavela kunoma iyiphi iminyaka futhi ingelapheka, nakuba ukwelashwa (okusekelwe ekwelashweni kwengqondo kanye nemithi) kuvame ukude.

Ngokuvamile umuntu uba ne-agoraphobic ngemva kokuba neyodwa noma ngaphezulu zinhlekelele ukwethuka endaweni ethile. Esaba ukuphinde ahlupheke, esimweni esifanayo, ekuhlaselweni okusha kokukhathazeka, akasakwazi ukuphuma futhi azibhekane endaweni evaliwe. Uyigwema indawo ukuze angaphathwa wuvalo olusha, olungase lumvimbe ekugcineni ukuthi ashiye ikhaya lakhe.

Ukuvama. Abantu abangaphezu kwababili kwabayi-100 bazothinteka yi-agoraphobia.

Izimbangela. Isenzakalo sokuphila noma ukuphazamiseka kokwesaba kungaba imbangela yokuqala kwe-agoraphobia.