I was a high functioning aspergers for a long time, only manifested in more nuanced ways in my life as i knew how to mask them really well, long story short i was in a long term relationship (16 years, i am 43M now) within that relationship, i slowly started becoming more and more reclusive, slowly over a decade doing less and less of the things i loved, such a slow process that i didn't realize the retraction from social functions, i was in a comfy relationship, cared for maybe a bit too much by my ex (not her fault) fast forward we broke up and my social masking had totally erroded to the point of being overstimulated by so much...
I'm wondering if there are others that had similar relationships, co dependent and once that crucial anchor is removed things got worse? I have heard stories, seen the statistics, a majority are woman, specifically woman who where in long term relationship, and or stay at home mothers...
Just look to chat with someone who may have some experience with this type of beginnings to their experience with agoraphobia?
Thanks for listening.