Anxiety Support Group
Anxiety is a physical condition marked by intense and persistent feelings of distress, fear, angst or dread. General anxiety caused by routine day-to-day stresses usually passes quickly and is experienced by almost everyone at one time or another. However, such feelings that linger over time and are very difficult to cope with, and which lack a clear cause, may indicate...
First off I feel really guilty. I used to get upset with my ex for how worked up she got about her anxiety and all I ever did I'm sure is make it worse. My anxiety in the last month has been through the roof, I can't figure it out of control it properly. I don't know what to do and it's destroying me right now. I've come to realize today a bunch of things that are all anxiety related that I do and it's making it worse. I can't seem to tolerate this and to imagine that my ex had it worse, I can only try and imagine what she went through.
My current girlfriend, she has anxiety too and is always saying hers is like 10x worse then mine. I know this is exaggerating and she is only trying to make a point, but this makes me feel bad. She doesn't really listen to me when I need her to when it comes to my anxiety. I mean she's not a jerk or anything about it though, normally she just starts kissing me and tells me to shut up and stop worrying about it :P but either way, I depend on her, and she really isn't giving me much to go on. Not all of as are as lucky as she is to have parents that can not make you feel like more shit when you talk to them about problems your experiencing in life that make you upset.
My current girlfriend, she has anxiety too and is always saying hers is like 10x worse then mine. I know this is exaggerating and she is only trying to make a point, but this makes me feel bad. She doesn't really listen to me when I need her to when it comes to my anxiety. I mean she's not a jerk or anything about it though, normally she just starts kissing me and tells me to shut up and stop worrying about it :P but either way, I depend on her, and she really isn't giving me much to go on. Not all of as are as lucky as she is to have parents that can not make you feel like more shit when you talk to them about problems your experiencing in life that make you upset.
Very often when someone is unable to give care and understanding to a person it's because they have actually never received it themselves. So they feel bitter that someone would ask them for something that they themselves also want and feel they don't receive. I say this because of your comment about your current GF. You say she has anxiety, has parents who care yet she does not give you the support you need when you need it. My feeling is that she has anxiety because something in her past created it - something not so nice. And this happened to her even though her parents are supportive.
I don't mean to make this about your current GF because this should be about you. I just want you to understand that you are making some assumptions that may not be justified. If you want her to be supportive of you, you may have to teach her what you need from her. It seems she is trying to distract you, a very common thing for people with anxiety to do. She believes that kissing you will distract you because, maybe, this would work for her. If this is not what you need then you need to tell her this and also tell her what it is you DO need from her. What can she do that will show you that she supports you? Write them down and tell them to her. Hopefully she is willing to try them. If she is not, then you have different problems besides just anxiety.
Take care