Dear Slinky,
I'am a recovering agoraphobic of 5 years who by the grace of god is coming out of it. I would say that I'am 85% cured of it and I have complete hope that it will be leaving soon enough! The point I want to make here though is this. Part of the anxious thought process that I have in my agoraphobia is analyzing how I walk. I suppose my brain is searching for something wrong in what I'm doing trying to find some reason why I'am having all these physical sensations while walking across open expanses and find some way to pin it on that! That is what our brain is doing. We feel anxious tense (flight or flight kicks in) and our brain is looking over everything thats going on in our body to try to explain what the heck we are scared of in order to protect ourselves. Gotta love that brain! ARGG.. Anyways... boy I'm rambling. In the beginning as I said earlier I would constantly think my ankle was buckling, or that I was hunching over too much, or that my feet were pounding the floor, or that I was veering to one direction. I even convinced myself for a long time that I was truly dizzy, thus the reason I was walking funny and perhaps had some inner ear problem. So I guess what I would have to ask you is our you anxious in any way while walking? Are you having anxious thoughts? You just really reminded me of myself at one time and how I viewed/obsessed about how I walked. If you are anxious about walking through areas or even having anxiety, panic attacks or even just anxious thoughts about how you are walking you may wish to address it. Tehehe one way of comforting your discomfort or dislike of veering to one side is : Veer to one side!
Wow, I need to shut up now LOL...
Thats my 2 Cents worth :)
