Honest Opinion Please
By RasmaSandra
@RasmaSandra (97403)
Daytona Beach, Florida
May 22, 2026 4:24pm CST
As of this June it will have been one year since I have been outdoors. I live in my four walls, where I feel safe and the days go along one after the other, and I know what to expect. It is a good way to keep my anxiety controllable. It is not that I cannot walk, and I have a senior citizen cart to hold onto if I did go out or a four-pronged cane. It is just that there is really no place nearby to shop except for a convenience store and gas station. The Atlantic and the beach are not far, but then I think about how far I am away from home. Usually when I go out I like to be free to stop and buy something if I want it but usually there is not enough for that, and then just walking about alone is not my thing. So for now it is what it is, but then when I think, say, another five years of this, things might start getting to the point where I might want to just hope it won't be for too much longer. What I do online helps immensely; there is that, but in the silence all around me unless I am watching something like game shows on the laptop even while I work on the desktop but there is never any other voice to reply. What say you?
Ducks I used to feed in the winter in a park in Riga
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9 responses
@NJChicaa (127050)
• United States
3h
You need to start going outside even if it is just for short walks. If you can't handle that then find a therapist or doctor to talk to about the agrophobia. Medication and therapy can help.
Believe me I don't like going out when I don't have to but I go to work, social obligations, appointments, etc. There is a difference between not wanting to do it and not being able to do it.
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@wolfgirl569 (134786)
• Marion, Ohio
4h
I agree with snowy. Only you can decide. I personally would go insane if I stayed inside all the time.
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@snowy22315 (207896)
• United States
4h
I say use it or lose it. I realize that is blunt, but bottom line that is the truth. It is up to you if you want to challenge yourself or live like a very old, scared person. Maybe just take small steps toward being more active and healthier. You are honestly not an old woman. You see how active I can be, and we are almost the same age. Best of luck to you, and whatever you choose. The first step is always the hardest.
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@FourWalls (86082)
• United States
Just now
What you need to do is what's best for YOU. If you feel comfortable and your anxieties are diminished that way, then so be it. I don't think it's anyone's business to tell you what "you should be doing" if it makes you uncomfortable to do so.
Have you reached out to a senior adults community in town to see if they have people you can talk to, if nothing else than just to chit chat about the weather? I'd also recommend a church outreach if you're comfortable with that. But you do what's best for you, because you're the one who has to live with the side effects.
@LooeyVille (68)
• United States
3h
I didn’t know you lived that way. Only you know what’s best for you and works best for you
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@2ndchances24 (12093)
• Cloverdale, Indiana
2h
I live in my cabin on the computer more than I should at times
& never have any calls or any company to just hang out with
so I can relate to what you are talking about, I don't have much
of a yard to do a lot in but I make the best of what I can do.
