Where my days are frantic, jagged, anxiety-inducing invitations to agoraphobia, his seem purposeful, reasonable and productive.

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It was also around this time that his dealer, Felsen, realized the stress of his stepped-up workload might be exacerbating his agoraphobia.

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Independent pathologist Dr Martin Goddard said Mrs Shinwell had "a long and substantial medical history" including kidney disease, diabetes, agoraphobia and heart problems.

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Since leaving the council, Mrs Laird has been diagnosed with severe depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, severe panic disorder, and agoraphobia, all caused by workplace stress.

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Kids who had been victims only (who never bullied others) had greater risk for depressive disorders, anxiety disorders, generalized anxiety, panic disorder and agoraphobia as adults.

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The winning entry included highlights from his ten-town fund raising tour for Children's Hospice South West and coverage of a campaign to help a woman from Falmouth who suffered from agoraphobia.

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They offer a unique geography, flora and fauna (including a pleasingly spine-chilling collection of venomous creatures), fascinating traces of the country's first inhabitants, and enough empty space to give visitors from more crowded places agoraphobia.

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Dogged by ill health, he found it difficult to forge relationships with women, teetered on the brink of alcoholism and suffered so acutely from agoraphobia that he never gave a public performance of his poetry.

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