Shannen Doherty Quotes

I'm a musician with a very unique mental state, I suppose. I'm agoraphobic. I'm scared to leave my house. I haven't been alone in, like, two years. I'm either with my boyfriend or my assistant, my manager or my tour manager. I won't go anywhere by myself; I'm too terrified.

I am very scared of being outside my home for long periods of time.

People come up to me all the time. If I'm with friends or in a crowd, I'm fine, but if I'm by myself, I get afraid because people are nuts.

I get panic attacks in big crowds.

I know just how isolating it can feel to experience severe anxiety.

I am prone to despair. We are all born with a particular personality. I get afraid and then I don't want to leave the house.

I have three phobias which, could I mute them, would make my life as slick as a sonnet, but as dull as ditch water: I hate to go to bed, I hate to get up, and I hate to be alone.

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

I've been living with anxiety much, much, much longer than I've been with living with alcoholism, that's for sure. I already knew from the sheer numbers and all the data that I'm not alone. I mean, the biggest mistake I did was spending most of my life thinking I was the only person who felt this way.

I'm agoraphobic. I can't deal with crowds.

There was about two years where I was more or less agoraphobic and didn't deal with anybody, didn't talk to anybody, didn't have any friends at all.

I have social anxiety.

I can't even talk to someone and make eye contact.

I'm basically a fearful person. I'm a phobic person.

I take Wellbutrin because I'm afraid to go into stores. I'm afraid people are going to yell at me.

I had massive anxiety as a child. I was in therapy. From 8 to 10, I was borderline agora-phobic. I could not leave my mom's side. I don't really have panic attacks anymore, but I had really bad anxiety.

I hate being alone, even for 10 minutes.

I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When I'm off stage I'm trying not to be a manic freak. I'm quite shy.

I used to like going out so much, and now I can't get myself to leave home.

So in some ways my life, my background has been isolating and I think I'm a bit more scared as a person. I don't walk alone or in the dark. If I go out the driver will wait for me to go into the house.

Nothing terrifies me more than being social.

I had a fear of being alone.

I was painfully shy as a child.

I get so nervous. I happen to be socially awkward and shy. I spent a lot of my time as an adult not going places.

Because I am basically so insecure and anxious and afraid, I never, ever in my life learned to reach out for help, ever.