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": "I feel bad for people with agoraphobia, they have a fear of open spaces and shopping malls and that sort of stuff, seems very hard to deal with."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah it is, my aunt was diagnosed with agoraphobia years ago and it was really hard on her"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Wow small world, supposedly the condition runs in families often, is she the only one in the family?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah as in today she is the only one that has been diagnosed, Without treatment it is uncommon for agoraphobia to resolve"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I see you're quite knowledgeable about the condition, you might already know that treatment typically consists of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)."}, {"role": "user", "content": "i actually dint know that, but i remembered she used to have panic attacks,  A panic attack typically has an abrupt onset, building to maximum intensity within 10 to 15 minutes, could you tell me more about treatment"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sure, CBT focuses on developing personal coping strategies for situations like this, and tries to change unhelpful patterns in cognition into more positive ones."}, {"role": "user", "content": "that is really interesting, i really appreciate the info on  agoraphobia it was really helpfull"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I'm glad to help, they say agoraphobia has a genetic and environmental component to it, I wonder if some event happened to your aunt that triggered it."}, {"role": "user", "content": "It most likely was an event that caused it, because like you said agoraphobia is genetic too"}]