Originally posted by Liberator
I can barely afford the basics of life, why would I throw money away on something as ephemeral as a shrink when my car burns almost as much oil as it does fuel. Besides, a shrink would just try and dope me up on some form of narcotic/amphetimine(which I appear to be largely immune to in pescribable doses) and call me cured which I wouldn't be.
It's not throwing money away if it helps you; if you can't afford a shrink, try and find a support charity that can assist. (once again I am left perturbed by the US healthcare system and the lack of a proper NHS type system......)
Also, it's highly unlikely they'd just 'dope you up'; yes, some anti-depressants / anti-anxiety medication
may be prescribed, but agorathobia is cured via exposure therapy, not drugs.
Put it this way - are you happy? To me it seems you aren't, and that this is part of the reason for that, so why not try and get it fixed? After all, it's not throwing money away if it works, is it?