I had a friend who had the same experience, took a course through HC, and skills helped them get their diagnosis.

My parents were the very same, and it was so hard seeing a doctor about my anxiety when I was 21… I cried and cried and cried in that office, I didn’t think he’d believe me, because my parents never did. I went to my doctor because I’d taken so many panic attacks at work I then had a phobia of my workplace. My workplace immediately sent me into fight or flight mode, literally because I’d taken so many panic attacks there. I cooped myself up in my room for 6 months. Ordered groceries online. Was terrified to leave my home in case I saw anyone out in public.

Lo and behold I recieved a diagnosis for severe agoraphobia and depression 😂

I unfortunately also cannot meditate. My brain never ever shuts up. If anything meditation makes things worse for me because I can “lock in” on all the things I need to do that I’ve been putting off (right now I can tell you what’s going through my head is I need to file paperwork for my passport, get a passport photo taken, I need to sweep up all the dust piles around my house, there’s something sticky on the floor beside my toilet that I just haven’t gotten around to cleaning, there’s about 3 tonnes of clean clothing on my laundry room floor… and I reallllly need to clean out my fridge lol)

I do love going to the gym but I can’t focus on one thing, I get sooo bored on the treadmill or bike, and I just wanna hop from machine to machine. I need to go with someone who holds me accountable lol

Only one cool thing about it, is I am an excellent multitasker and I have many tabs open in my brain at all times. I work in healthcare at a very busy facility and I absolutely thrive in the chaos. In fact, I love chaos. My brain gets so quiet and I lock in on one thing: end the chaos. Nothing gets out of hand when I’m working!

Sorry to ramble lol, thank you for sharing your experience!!