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I Have Anxiety

Does anyone else find that their family laugh at or belittle them because of their anxiety?

It's been an ongoing thing that I'm "silly" and "I'm so overdramatic" and anything I say is ridiculous when it comes to how I feel. My feelings are never valid because everyone has always been too busy saying "no you're wrong that's not how it is". It's got to a point now where I can't tell if what I'm saying or thinking is bad or not and I have to check with my husband a lot.

I just spoke to my sister about it, after my mother said no wonder my in-laws didn't want to stay at the house because of the state it was last time. I was going through a very difficult time and the house was a mess, but her saying loudly so everyone including my aunt could hear "and they were sitting in your room amongst underwear in filth" when she knows I have/had PTSD/PPA from my daughter's birth and really struggled with her diagnosis, let alone not knowing they were going to go up to our room 馃檨. My sister has gone off on me, saying that's wrong, I didn't hear right and now she's ignoring me. I feel like I want to hurt myself, I'm going to try very hard not to but it's just too much. I'm so embarrassed.
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ReverendM
Yes anxiety sucks. I was misunderstood for years until it drove me to the point where those peoples opinions didn't matter to me anymore. Once they realized I had shut them out, their entire perspective on the situation changed.
Starsandfire31-35, F
@Reverend I was thinking to myself earlier than what I'd really like to do is just to pack up with my husband and daughter and go somewhere nobody could find us. Unfortunately I don't have the money, I'm just sick of opinions and people belittling me for something I can't control
ReverendM
@Starsandfire I understand. I have nurses in my family and they ALL seemed like they knew exactly what I was goong through because they had patients like me. It took a long time for them to realize that there is a difference between reading/knowing about anxiety and actually experiencing it.
Starsandfire31-35, F
@Reverend yep, you're right! Everyone experiences it differently.
DaddyThomas46-50, M
@Reverend that鈥檚 right, those people opinions doesn鈥檛 matter.
@auntywhispers
Don鈥檛 listen to them , don鈥檛 give them value. Live your life to way you want.