With the exception of Selma Blair and Beau Bridges, none of the actors in Columbus Circle seemed familiar, which did not detract from this thriller mystery. Abigail Clayton (Selma Blair) is an agoraphobic recluse who has not left her plush apartment in Columbus Circle since her 18th birthday twenty years ago. A huge inheritance has ...
The term “agoraphobia,” like most other terms that relate to inexplicable fears, has its roots in Greek; in this case, a combination of the words “agora,” (an open-air marketplace) and “phobos” (fear; and also the name of one of the two hunting dogs of the God of War). However, the common definition of agoraphobia, a ...
There has been very few critical attention paid to North-American writer Shirley Jackson. The first book-length study on her life and works was published long ten years after her death, in 1975. It is Lenemaja Friedman’s Shirley Jackson, a still important and useful work despite the fact it does not mention witchcraft nor anything related ...
Literally translated as a fear of the market place in Modern Greek, Agoraphobia is the fear of being in a public situation that will create embarrassment or bring on a panic attack. Some people suffering from agoraphobia, do fine when in a place they feel they have control over, such as their home or room. ...
I have been confined to my house for around six years now. If I was able to leave the house I can’t say that I would want to. I’m not so confined that I can’t physically leave the house because anytime I wish I can walk out the door. I am not a prisoner in ...
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