Agoraphobic grandmother falls down manhole on 3rd time out in a decade!

Posted by: admin , April 23, 2015

An agoraphobic grandmother who stepped outside her home for the third time in a decade injured herself when she fell straight into a manhole.
As part of an attempt to rehabilitate herself, Janet Faal went out with a friend but fell when she moved a wooden pallet so that her friend could reverse her car.
Janet suffered a suspected fractured leg and also broke her nose as her face banged the pallet.
Janet says her progress has been set back years and she may never leave the safety of her home again.
There is some dispute between local shops and residents as to how the manhole was permitted to remain in such a dangerous state.
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder where the sufferer typically perceives environments as dangerous or uncomfortable, often due to the environment’s vast openness or crowdedness – and is commonly referred to as a fear of the outside.
Wishing Janet a speedy recover and the strength the venture outside again soon!