Struggling with Family Understanding My Anxiety

Hey, I feel you so much. For years I felt like my family just couldn’t figure out what I was going through. Finally, after very frustrating periods (!) My mother suggested that we go to the psychologist for treatment together, to process the feelings of us all. From my personal experience, it has greatly helped us! Maybe it's worth a try …

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Even my partner sometimes doesn't get my anxiety and it can be pretty rough to handle people not getting your problems.

The only think I can think of is practicing mindfulness, which could help the anxiety and your reactions to it. Just remember, this is more of a "them" problem than a "you" problem. They should be more empathetic of your feelings. I was only giving you advice because I can't give them advice. Never feel like it is your fault that you have anxiety. Also, try to talk to some positive supports that you have when you're feeling down about it. Friends or other people who you trust that don't make you feel bad for your conditions.

That definitely helps. I do try to apologize every time, but it can be hard when my anxiety gets so bad, to the point that it has turned into depression in the past and expressing in the moment how I feel is hard because unless I explicitly say “I feel” it isn’t okay that I said something. I’m trying to be more aware of it, but I can be hard in the moment. Is there any advice to make sure I can take time in the moment before it gets bad?

Yeah, a lot of people don't understand it. It's hard to understand when you haven't went through it. Just remember to always take accountability for your actions so they don't think you're trying to make excuses. That's something I had to work on with my depression. I would act a certain way toward people and blame my depression. Blame the illness for how you feel, but apologize for the actions. Thats a little unrelated, but its useful advice for anyone I think.

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