i have a severe phobia of wide open spaces.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by symptoms of anxiety in situations where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no easy way to get away. These situations can include open spaces, public transit, shopping malls, or simply being outside the home. Being in these situations may result in a panic attack. The symptoms occur nearly every time the situation is encountered and last for more than six months. Those affected will go to great lengths to avoid these situations. In severe cases people may become unable to leave their homes. Agoraphobia is believed to be due to a combination of genetic and environmental factors. The condition often runs in families, and stressful events such as the death of a parent or being attacked may be a trigger. In the DSM-5 agoraphobia is classified as a phobia along with specific phobias and social phobia. Other conditions that can produce similar symptoms include separation anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, and major depressive disorder. Those affected are at higher risk of depression and substance use disorder. Without treatment it is uncommon for agoraphobia to resolve. Treatment is typically with a type of counselling called cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Agoraphobia, or the anxiety from wide spaces, is really interesting. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh really?  What is interesting about it?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well it is where the person perceives the environment to be unsafe with no simple way to get away from it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "When you say \"the environment\" do you mean like in the forest or nature or that kind of thing?  Or just outside?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Any environment, whether its outside or inside. As long as it seems unsafe for them."}, {"role": "user", "content": "So then how do they function in society?  You're basically telling me that they don't go outside at all, right?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They do go outside, but it just has risks involved, like panic attacks."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is there something they can do to alleviate these panic attacks?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Not really as far as I know. The symptoms can last up to six months or longer and occur in nearly every time they are in this scenario."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can't imagine risking having a panic attack just by being in any enviroment.  That sounds awful."}]