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Woman Leaves House For 1st Time After 20 Years

An agoraphobic woman who was too scared to leave her home for 20 years has ventured outside for the first time.Sue Curtis, 40, from South Shields on Tyneside, suffered a panic attack in 1989 while visiting a local library. ...full story at digg

from digg on Sat, Apr 18 2009

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