Hi, this is my first post here and sorry for the essay. As everyone has I’ve had a lot of difficulty during the Covid lockdowns. After 2 years I’ve really struggled to leave the house at all and now keep calling it my safe space. I’m getting panic attacks and my first one was driving on a motorway on my own, I had to stop on the side broke down and thought I was dying. I’m now getting them all of the time. I have worked from home since Covid and I tried to go to work today but had a panic attack after 1 hour in the office. I feel so ashamed and I can’t even go to work now and be around other people. I can’t even walk to the shop across my road without feeling like I’m going to pass out. Before this I travelled the world had an amazing career and socialised all of the time. Ive lost most of my friends I keep hurting my family and I can’t seem to get better. I keep telling myself to calm down to just think it’s all in my mind but I feel like I’m not even in my own body. I’ve gone to the doctor who said I should get therapy but I can’t even go out. I feel so helpless