Rabbit

Anxiety is bad enough at any age in our lives, but when we should be living our lives to the full without the full pressures of adult life, it is, I feel, an even harder situation to go through. This week I had a young woman come in with her boyfriend, this young woman is an inspiration to us all. She has been battling with her childhood issues, and severe, demobilising, anxiety, for many years now. We have been having sessions for a few months now and making great progress, which is fabulous, and I know this will only continue to grow for her.  When we have anxiety at any age, we can often feel that people don’t understand what is happening inside us and that our actions will be misunderstood. We can often feel at our worst, that we can’t fully connect with our loved ones and the people around us and we feel unable to let them in. Also, we can feel that people may take our actions personally and that this is something they have done, rather than our anxiety and how we are struggling in that moment. If someone hasn’t experienced anxiety, how can we get them to understand how we are feeling inside? How can we explain what is happening inside at those moments? How can we get our loved ones to help us, when we can’t seem to even help ourselves?