no such critter, i don't believe. did you mean agorophobia? Agoraphobia was traditionally thought to involve a fear of public places and open spaces. However, it is now believed that agoraphobia develops as a complication of panic attacks.[1] But there is evidence that the implied one-way causal relationship between spontaneous panic attacks and agoraphobia in DSM-IV appears incorrect.[2] Agoraphobia may arise by the fear of having a panic attack in a setting from which there is no easy means of escape.