When a relative or friend exhibits anxiety disorder symptoms.
How can I get my cousin to realize that she would have a new life if she were able to control her anxiety with anti-anxiety medication? She knows she suffers. But when I tell her what I think based upon my own anxiety experiences, she waves me off saying “Never mind. I just need a new brain,” or something like that.
This weekend I visited my cousin in Florida who is in her late 60’s. We used to be very close, but since she retired to Florida we have not spent much time together. I always knew that Susan was a fellow worrier and …
Anxiety is not predictable for someone with generalized anxiety disorder.
Now that I am taking effective anti-anxiety and anti-depressant medication, I actually have many many calm, pleasant days where I feel in control, productive and happy. Before, I had nothing to compare my anxiety-filled days to. For me, that was all there was. And now that my anxiety is under control most of the time, I have good days and bad days. Before it was bad days and not-so-bad days. The sad thing is that now, when I wake up feeling anxious, it is like an old crappy shoe that still fits.
It is so easy to be sucked up by that tornado-ish …