Errika Przerakou gave a candid interview and talked about the great difficulties she has experienced in her life. She also noted that her hand accident and the death of her niece made her change her worldview.

More specifically, the well-known athlete was a guest on Saturday (30.05.2026) on Michalis Kefalogiannis’ show “I live well” on SKY. Among other things, Errika Przerakou spoke about the agoraphobia she had as a child.

“I think that when we emit, think and feel positive, our body does wonders and in that sense I feel that, whenever we have a challenge, if we manage these things and turn them into life, our life will definitely be better. Certainly the accident was a very powerful turning point, as was the loss of my niece. I mean, that’s where I realized that life really is now. We need now to live, now to take care of each other, now to love and be loved… Now,” said Erriki Przerakou.

“I mean, if a family believes that things are dangerous outside and they pass that information on to the child, they can actually go out and look for a way to affirm their parents to feel like they belong,” she said, and then went on to address her own agoraphobia.

“I didn’t go to christenings, I didn’t go to weddings… So I went to a christening, I remember and I remember myself the next day I was very difficult. I remember myself being under the shower and crying. And saying ‘I can’t take it anymore’, I was so somatic about this process,” she confessed.

“Some people who aren’t very outgoing and are more introverted and don’t verbalize it, they get more physical. The mental ones, to identify them, are catastrophizing, negative thoughts, repetition, persisting, avoidance, clinging to behavior. And in biological – physical, we’re dealing with sweating, palpitations, dizziness, nausea, stomach upset. As many people as there are, as many different manifestations we can see,” added Erika Przerakou.

As for how she overcame agoraphobia, Errika Prezerakou noted: “I rationalized the phobia and every time I had to go out or do something, that is, I set a goal to justify even when I had to go out one night. And I’d say ‘oh, it’s important. I haven’t done a dance in too long, let’s say, I’m going to go out and dance.” So it was like I was always playing with a goal direction, so that something could materialize that. It’s not true now, of course, to the extent that it was true, but it was all the time… I rationalized it so I could manage it.”