Do you go out?

Mr_Shoes_Tied
Mr_Shoes_Tied Community Member Posts: 123 Empowering
in Coffee lounge

I genuinely can't remember the last time I left my flat and I was talking to a friend online about it who was amazed because if they don't go out daily they get 'stir crazy'.

When did you last go out?? Do you go out most days? Do people really invent reasons just to leave the house?

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  • CuriousToaster
    CuriousToaster Scope Member Posts: 6 Listener
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/147038/do-you-go-out

    I also struggle to go out of my flat on most days, especially since my MS diagnosis alongside my Autism. I like being inside but I do like getting out once a while, I don't go 'stir crazy' at all though.

  • OverlyAnxious
    OverlyAnxious Community Member Posts: 6,144 Championing

    Yes, I'm a massive contradiction. 😐️

    I go out nearly every day. Absolutely hate being trapped indoors. Put everything I have into getting outside at a specific time, for a maximum of 30 mins, just once a day, to get some fresh air and escape this torturous hell for even a short time.

    (The specific time is when my conditions are usually least worst, but I also maintain that time using discipline, which was eloquently put in another of your posts today).

    Winds me up that people think I 'choose' to stay indoors the rest of the time. Sadly that's the damage that's been caused by a past diagnosis of agoraphobia. I was never scared of going outside. What I can't stand is being trapped anywhere… Yes that includes being trapped away from home, but it also includes being trapped inside my own flat, and even inside my own body! Getting outside creates a temporary distraction from that…

    Unfortunately, the stairs where I live make getting outside impossible for most hours of the day and night. The heat of summer also makes it impossible. And I haven't been able to travel in any vehicle for the last 5 years. So I don't actually 'go' anywhere, just have a gentle walk around the housing estate.

    I would be outside much more if I had a ground floor property with a garden. I've given up on the idea of ever driving or travelling again. But having a garden feels like my last shot at some quality of life now…

  • SheffieldMan1976
    SheffieldMan1976 Posts: 2,342 Connected

    The last time I left the House was last Saturday morning to visit my Parents, and then we went out from there to Kilner Way Retail Park because Mum wanted to visit the St Luke's Charity shop and go for lunch in Dunelm's Cafe.

  • Emilee
    Emilee Community Member Posts: 39 Connected

    My mobility is getting worse so I'm finding it harder, but I make an effort to go out most days as I hate feeling trapped.

  • Rachel_Scope
    Rachel_Scope Posts: 3,893 Online Community Team

    My anxiety is the main reason I often go days without leaving the house. It also doesn't help that I work from home. I'm trying to get better at it by popping to the shop across the road otherwise the thought of going out just gets too overwhelming over time.

    Do you like being at home @Mr_Shoes_Tied?

  • Mr_Shoes_Tied
    Mr_Shoes_Tied Community Member Posts: 123 Empowering
    https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/1132248#Comment_1132248

    I hadn't considered that before and actually, no, I don't. I do as in I'm comfortable here and like my own space but I feel quite suffocated too. Similar to what @OverlyAnxious has described I suppose.

  • Amberpearl
    Amberpearl Community Member Posts: 4,034 Championing

    Very rarely

    Only for Dr's dentist hospital

    Daughter takimg me out tomorrow as its my birthday

    I. Feel safer inside

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