With their help, I went through two years of treatment that included one-on-one therapy, group therapy, a host of different antidepressants and my least favourite: daily exposure therapy. I took small, continuous steps forward and felt hopeful that I was finally ready to get back out there and rejoin society. (Maggie MacPherson/CBC)What I had feared for years became real overnight: The outside world was officially a dangerous place. It turns out that undergoing extensive therapy for agoraphobia ended up being a master class for pandemic resilience. During the pandemic, I've been able to practise trusting my decisions, and I worked on caring less about what others think of me.

Source: CBC News August 07, 2021 13:52 UTC