Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder characterized by anxiety in situations where the sufferer perceives the environment to be dangerous, uncomfortable, or unsafe.
廣場恐懼癥是一種焦慮癥,具體表現(xiàn)為在特定環(huán)境下感到危險、不適或不安。
These situations can include wide-open spaces, uncontrollable social situations, unfamiliar places, shopping malls, airports, and bridges.
這些環(huán)境包括露天場所、不受控的社交環(huán)境、陌生的地點、大型購物中心、機(jī)場和橋梁等。
The sufferers may go to great lengths to avoid those situations, in severe cases becoming unable to leave their homes or safe havens.
廣場恐懼癥患者會不遺余力地避免出現(xiàn)在上述環(huán)境中。嚴(yán)重時甚至無法離開家或者安全區(qū)域。