Its normal to start wanting to avoid places where you get anxious. In college, I had a really bad panic attack in the middle of a lecture, there were over 200 students in the room, I was sitting just a couple rows from the prof, right smack in the middle, I created quite a scene trying to collect my things and run out of the class in front of everyone. It happened a couple more times, soon I stopped going to class, then to school, then leaving my appartment, out of fear of having more attacks in public. But the only way to get out of it is.... facing your fear. I had to force myself out of my room, onto crowded buses, and even back to class. First i'd only sit at the back next to the door, but slowly and surely I pushed my limit and made it back towards the middle, towards the front.
When you have anxiety, you need to always be pushing your limits. Anxiety is in your brain, it puts irrational thoughts and irrational fears in your mind. You need to challenge those thoughts, and challenge yourelf, prove to your own mind that its wrong, that you can go out and everything will be ok.
I recommend looking into cognitive behavioural therapy if you haven't already. Its very simple and over time, very effective. I went from not being able to leave my bedroom to backpacking South America all by myself!
Good luck!
Thank you for the response. I am back at work today, hoping I can make it through. I will look into the cognitive behavioral therapy.