In this week’s Newsweek, Ramin Setoodeh talks to Food Network star Paula Deen, the Southern cook who suffered from agoraphobia. Fear of public spaces led Deen to cooking, and is partially responsible for her success today. Take a look at some other famous people who’ve suffered from agoraphobia, the fear of having a panic attack in a public space.
Agoraphobic Celebrities From Paula Deen to Woody Allen and Sigmund Freud
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