noun
1. A popular affliction of the modern times where a person chooses to stay inside with the electronic comfort of air conditioning, television, video games, and internet. This affliction rarely has anything to do with fear but, when it does, it has more to do with social phobias than actual fear of wide open spaces or crowds.
EX. Thanks to the conveniences of modern technology and the ability to work from home/order all supplies online, more and more people are finding themselves victims of self-inflicted agoraphobia for days, weeks, and months on end. Heck, I went a few weeks without leaving the house in the winter, perhaps only stepping outside onto the porch. Luckily, in warmer months, I find it a lot easier to keep my self-inflicted agoraphobia in check, but have to take allergies into account (currently, I'm suffering from a sore throat and headache after spending thirty minutes cleaning the pool yesterday).
