My mum is in her early 50s and severely Agoraphobia. She hasn't been out of the house in nearly four years, and can't even go outside the front door to do gardening in the front garden. The most she will do is walk around the back garden.
She has always been mentally unwell (extreme OCD and anxiety), and it's got worse and worse. I am worried she will get a serious illness one day and just resign herself to die rather than leave the house and get treatment.
It is very difficult for me as I live 1.5 hours away and have a busy life, plus a fairly strained relationship historically with my parents. My parents are still together but I know my father has relationships on the side. I have a LC relationship with them for my well-being too, visiting 3-4 times a year.
But I feel very guilty about my mother. Growing up was hard with her mental illness, and I have been damaged too in that environment. But I feel I should be doing something. I just don't know what.
Just wondered if anyone else is in a similar situation. She has been on medication (which she stops taking due to health anxiety), had several rounds of counselling and CBT. But she doesn't want to change so nothing improves.