When kids start avoiding certain locations


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Our stereotype of agoraphobia is a person who is too anxious to leave the house. While it can become that severe, it doesn’t start out like that. Children who have agoraphobia will avoid certain locations (like movie theaters, bridges or buses) because they worry something bad might happen there, and they won’t be able to get help. 

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