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News items on 'Agoraphobia'
(BBC 26/07/2009)
Leigh Bailey's world was in tatters - he had a breakdown, and had lost his job, his wife and his children. He was so depressed he barely left the house and was suffering low self-esteem. Today he is brimming with confidence and has recently qualified as a gym instructor. And he credits his transformation to a 10-week Boxercise course run jointly with the Croydon branch of Mind and three times world champion Duke McKenzie.
Woman leaves house after 18 years
(BBC 17/04/2009)
An agoraphobic woman who was too scared to leave her home for 18 years has ventured outside for the first time. Sue Curtis, 40, from South Shields on Tyneside, developed the phobia during a panic attack at a local library. Because of her fear of spaces she was married in her front room and as she could not attend her father's funeral his coffin was brought into the house. But after researching self-help techniques on the internet, she has now walked a short distance down the road.
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