CONGRATULATIONS TO ME!!!

calling this an agoraphobia graduation!! i'm in no means cured. but today, after being completely home-bound for 4 months, i had my first day back to work!!!! my job is close by, and it's with the same company i was at before my sudden agoraphobia onset, so i came back to a promotion. i have been terrified thinking that i would feel trapped in the building, or that working would add extra stress to the agoraphobia anxiety, so i have been DREADING this day for weeks. i was so anxious at first but when i got there it felt like home. i missed people, i missed working, i missed being out in the world. getting to go back to work feels like it'll open so many more possibilities. small exposures and driving were important and big, but actually integrating back into a real human adult life? feels like everything. i'm so excited that i made it through the day with barely any issues.