Agoraphobia ndikuopa kukhala kunja kwa nyumba yanu, pamalo agulu.

Mu Greece wakale, agora anali malo pagulu kumene anthu a mumzindawo ankakumana ndi kukambirana. Mawu akuti phobia amatanthauza mantha kwa iye,

Munthu amene akudwala agoraphobia akhoza kukhala ndi vuto kuwoloka mlatho kapena kukhala mu a khamu. Kuthera nthawi pamalo otsekedwa monga njira yapansi panthaka kapena zoyendera za anthu onse, chipatala kapena kowonera kanema, kungayambitse mantha ndi nkhawa zake. Ditto kwa ndege kapena malo ogulitsira. Kudikirira pamzere kapena kuyimirira pamzere m'sitolo kungakhale kovuta kwa munthu yemwe ali ndi vutoli. Kusakhala kunyumba kumatha kukhala kokhumudwitsa kwa agoraphobes.

Agoraphobia nthawi zambiri imagwirizanitsidwa ndi a mantha, ndiko kuti, matenda ovutika maganizo omwe amawonekera mwadzidzidzi ndipo amachititsa zizindikiro zamphamvu (tachycardia, thukuta, chizungulire, etc.). Munthuyo amakhala wokhumudwa kwambiri. Nkhawayi imachokera ku mfundo yakuti akuwopa kutsekeredwa, kuti asachoke mosavuta pamalo otsekedwa kapena odzaza anthu. Nthawi zina, pambuyo pa vuto la mantha, munthuyo sangathenso kupita kumalo omwe adaukiridwa kale.

Agoraphobia akhoza wodzipatula anthu omwe akudwala, ena sachokanso m’nyumba zawo, makamaka chifukwa choopa kukumana ndi mavuto. Matenda amisala awa ndi amodzi mwa minyewa. Ikhoza kuwoneka pa msinkhu uliwonse ndipo ikhoza kuchiritsidwa, ngakhale kuti chithandizo (chochokera ku psychotherapy ndi mankhwala) nthawi zambiri chimakhala chotalika.

Nthawi zambiri munthu amakhala agoraphobic atakhala ndi chimodzi kapena zingapo zovuta mantha pa malo operekedwa. Kuopa kuzunzika kachiwiri, muzochitika zofanana, kuchokera ku vuto latsopano la nkhawa, sangathenso kutuluka ndi kukakumana naye pamalo otsekedwa. Amapewa malowo kuti asadzavutike ndi vuto latsopano la mantha, lomwe pamapeto pake lingamulepheretse kuchoka panyumba pake.

Kukula. Oposa awiri mwa anthu 100 angakhudzidwe ndi agoraphobia.

Zimayambitsa. Chochitika chamoyo kapena vuto la mantha likhoza kukhala chifukwa cha kuyamba kwa agoraphobia.