This could have ended her career.
Basinger said in the interview that she had to relearn parts of everyday life due to having agoraphobia, including how to drive.
"It's like something just completely shuts down within you and you have to relearn everything," she told."I had to relearn to drive, and for many years I would not go through the tunnels in Malibu." She added,"Everything used to make me nervous," and explained that this included things like,"where do I step to open the door."
"Everything became a big job to figure out how to do it," she said."You live with a dry mouth all the time, you're very shaky, you're just so exhausted all the time."This is not the first time Basinger has talked about experiencing agoraphobia. As reported by theand said,"Fear has been something I've lived with my entire life, the fear of being in public places—which led to anxiety or panic attacks. I stayed in my house and literally cried every day.
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