Agoraphobia

My Friend Won't Leave Her House!

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Friend, Friendship, Mental Health, Agoraphobia, Treatment, Emotional Problems, Friendship Advice, Anxiety, Women News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

I have no idea how to approach her about this without sounding like I am accusing her of some deliberate dishonesty or undermining the validity of her claims to physical illness.

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Panic Attacks And Other Jokes: Agorafabulous! Depicts Mental Illness on Its Own, Goofy Terms

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Mental Illness, Depression, Agorafabulous, Panic Attacks, AGORAFABULOUS! Dispatches From My Bedroom, Agoraphobia, Sara Benincasa, Comedy, Prozac, Xanax, Books News
Kaitlin Bell Barnett

Agorafabulous! manages the rather sneaky feat of making what Sara Benincasa astutely calls "the wrong kind of different" seem not so wrong at all.

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Not Funny: What Happens When A Comedian Gets Agoraphobia?

Sara Benincasa | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Disordered Eating, Sara Benincasa, Girl Interrupted, Eating-Issues, Anxiety, Fear of Strangers, Agoraphobia, Women News
Sara Benincasa

"Also I have panic attacks," I added quickly. "And I'm afraid of cars and buses and trains and planes. I mean, I rode in a car today but I really didn't want to."

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Author: Writing My Book Almost Killed Me

Sara Benincasa | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Memoir, Memoirs, Agorafabulous, Phobias, Writing, Agoraphobia, Depression, Books News
Sara Benincasa

Originally published by Bookish: When I was younger, I thought the average memoirist must have it easy. After all, her only duty was to report what h...

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The D-word: Not Death. Not Divorce. The Other One.

Susan McCorkindale | Posted 02.07.2012

Read More: Jeans, Tiara, Shopping, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Dating, Leopard Print, Soho, Fifty News
Susan McCorkindale

Should he really push a pair of hot but definitely just-this-side-of-snug jeans on a widow when there's probably a perfectly good nun's habit available on eBay?

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Astoria Characters: The Kindred Spirit

Nancy Ruhling | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Realtor, Astoria, Chess, chooseafamily.com, Halvatzis Realty, Agoraphobia, Queensborough Community College, Thanksgiving, Lucinda Bassett, Pumpkin Pie, Wedding, Norman Rockwell, Lung Cancer, Grandmother, Grandfather, Alcoholism, Waitress, Actress, Lupus, Anxiety Attacks, Billiards Hall, Kim Parshley, Sitcom, St. John's Preparatory School, New York News
Nancy Ruhling

It's Thanksgiving time, and Kim Parshley is getting ready to make her famous pumpkin pie. She wishes the recipe had been handed down from her grandmother. It wasn't; she was left to concoct it all by herself.

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Why Are You Preventing Your Own Happiness?

Kristen Houghton | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Strong Women, Stress, Food, Lifestyle Changes, Paula Deen, Agoraphobia, Women News
Kristen Houghton

You never know how strong you really are until circumstances make you aware that major changes have to be made in your life. That was the case with Paula Deen.

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Friendship in a Box: What's going on?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Social Anxiety, Friend, Women, Friendship in a Box, Living News, Relationships, Agoraphobia, Widow, Loss, Support Group, Advice, Irene S. Levine, Breaking News, Death, Friendship, Friendship Doctor, Unresolved Grief, Rigid, Psychological, Grief, Female, Reader & A, Healthy Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I haven't seen anything like this on your blog, so maybe others have the same question. I have a close friend I met about two ...

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The Agorafabulous Life of Sara Benincasa

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Westchester, Comedienne, Alaska, Agorafabulous, Mustache, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia, Sara Benincasa, Sketch, Sarah Palin, 30 Rock, Sex, Radio, Two-and-a-Half Men, Cosmo, Snl, Auntie Sara, Tina Fey, Comedy, Talk Show Host, Siriusxm, Comedy News
Jon Chattman

I spoke with Sara Benincasa late last month, and covered everything from the upcoming mustache benefit she's hosting to her rise among the comedic ranks.

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