By Paula Bianchi –

Sorry about starting out with a topic that makes many of you cringe, but if you’re willing to do the work, therapy can truly set you free. Since I was in my twenties, I knew there was something wrong inside me. I was married at 18, had my first child when I was 21, then, I had twins when I was 25. The things that fell into place in my life fit nicely with the bulk of my problems. Being a homemaker, allowed me to pick and choose the people I interacted with, which in turn, helped me with my trust issues, but it also meant I was secluding myself from the world, and the negative people in it. Unfortunately, my solution led me to being a borderline agoraphobic who became so overwhelmed with anxiety at the thought of being around people. The root of my…