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Scanning:
Scanning is the constant monitoring of one’s own body for
strange or unusual symptoms. Some people with agoraphobia
engage in obsessive scanning because they do not trust their
bodies and many suffer from hypochondria. As with most
people with phobias, people with agoraphobia are prone to
catastrophic thinking and can be extremely vulnerable when
it comes to taking on new symptoms they hear about, even
symptoms of other disorders.
When
I had agoraphobia, I was always worried about having some
other physical problem or illness. My main fears were that
my heart would stop beating or that my lungs would collapse.
I spent long hours lying in bed, either feeling my chest to
make sure my heart was still beating or blowing air into the
palm of my hand to make sure I was still breathing.
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