PTSD is.. A lot of things. I have struggled with it for years. I’m gonna have to remember this saying for the times I need it most. Thanks for sharing it. 🙂

What makes people so incredibly sensitive that they feel constantly threatened and frightened by their thoughts?

What has gone wrong?

We all have a level of anxiety – we need it to get by and survive but why has it gotten out of control?

My daughter is a sufferer. It has become linked to OCD compulsions. She has linked her anxiety to certain people who don’t cope very well, are forgetful and accident prone, irresponsible, uncommunicative and need a bit or organizing and looking after. Surely this is just stimulating the anxiety – especially when the people may play on it because they like to feel someone is taking care of them?
Before this she had a heightened anxiety level but something that appeared more “sensible”.
The cycle now seems endless and its very hard to watch such unhealthy co-dependency as well as the anxiety and OCD become worse.

I guess we are all learning to live with it now instead of expecting it to be cured somehow. All we want for her is a life of contentment – I’m not sure this will ever be possible?

I tried explaining it to my younger brother like “it’s as if someone is saying to you-come here i am going to hurt you,but you go anyway, even though everything inside you is screaming to not go….”

I started anxiety medication about 2 years ago and before then, a number of years before then.. I used to wonder about my thoughts and emotions. I seemed to be always feeling and thinking too much. In my twetnies I spent a lot of time crying in my bath tub after work, I use to have difficulty sitting in the same room watching tv with my family. In romantic relatioships I tend to be in the extremes, I truly believed that I was simply a crazy person. Thank you so much for all the articles. They have finally made me understand my life in retrospect.

Lora,

I too am the spouse; my husband of 17 years has anxiety. I reply directly to you because I hope that you have helpful advise to share from your perspective. As a vital part of their tribe, we need support too. I battle resentment daily so because I want to be in relationship with him. But it gets overwhelming. Is there an online forum you frequent? What’s the biggest piece of advise you’d share? Thank u <3