 I have a lot of trouble leaving home. Alone, I only go out to places within 1 mile radius. For this reason, I live in downtown so everything is within 1 mile. I try to order everything online so I don’t have to go out. I don’t really have friends (I’m extremely introverted). I love my life at home, but I do like to go out sometimes, but can’t because of anxiety. 

I hate travelling, I never hop on the plane and visit friends who live far away, so I’ve lost almost all of my friends over the years (my husband and I move from city to city frequently. 

I probably don’t have agoraphobia, because I don’t have fear of open spaces, closed spaces, crowds, etc. I also don’t have panic attacks. It’s likely separation anxiety because I have a lot of fear about myself, my husband, and even my cat being kidnapped or lost. I was abused as a kid and experienced many separation and abandonment, where my parents literally abandoned me in strange places.

Most searches about separation anxiety is about separation from figures of attachment. But I’m wondering if other people experience fear of leaving home because of separation anxiety. If you do, what’s your life look like? Do you have any advice?