I am pretty agoraphobic at times. I go pleas a lot, but only with my safe people, or to spots I am completely familiar with. This weekend I was home alone and stll, rented a motel room up the coast, and didn't hide in it, but went to a writer's conference, and afterward, even went out to the ocean side hot tubs, in the dark, completely alone. I was nervous but it was a good weekend anyway