That is so sad.Her family should get her help not just shut her away somewhere.I hope it all works up and she does not have to go.

I meant I hope it all works OUT not up, lol.

Sounds like she has more then anxiety that said putting someone away is not an anwser it may do more hram then good. I hope and pray she can find a good doctor to help. I will be praying for her..

Thanks for your prayers, I will do my best to help her. The family doesn't have a clue about mental illness and that this is the most curable of all mental illnesses. She has only suffered for about a year. They want her to get a job, now. And one family member said your are going to have to pick-up three jobs, to make up for the one she lost. I suffered anxiety from 1987 to 1991 and came out of it with the help of my mother and a good friend.

I think some familys over react!! Now that piss's me off, thats like my family they are clueless and dont help matters because some family 's refuse to take the time out to learn about it , even though they have no idea it could happen to them ! , but if i where you Cotton , i step up stick my 2 cents where it didnt belong i have done that 3 day's ago in my Absence from here, some people are so bllinded sised from The meaning of Anxiety , some think its all in your head over all its not but ? thats where it starts i was told i am worth $2500,00 to the state Hosp Nut ward sort of speak if someone turnned me in !! yes!! they did to bad that family member ended up picking himself off the floor , for that sly comment , then? i took there candyA$$ to my book i have and said "READ IT" !! this Paragraph!! okaa he had is 1st lesson on Anxiety !! just jotting down my opinion no pund intend !! Barr

The family might be saying a bunch of stuff. If your friend has only anxiety, it is hard to beleive she can be "put away". Just because the family doesn't understand doesn't mean the mental health community doesn't understand.

She might actually get some help and/or medicine to help her feel better.

Betsy

That's really tough when the family does not get educated on mental issues before they attempt to make arrangements on anyone's behalf. In all aspects trying to commit someone is not as easy as they might think it is. Most doctors are leery of committing someone right off the bat unless they are well informed and know the history of a person otherwise they could face being questioned in mal-practice suit at a later date. Besides there are other options other then being committed and most doctors will try that route before they commit anyone. Perhaps you and your friend can do some research on the available programs in your state that might help her situation. As for her family perhaps they will come around if they are willing to be informed of all the possiblites and conditions regarding someone's mental health. Best wishes to you and your friend:)

I would really need to know more about the situation. My first choice would always be to treat family at home, but maybe there is more going on in this case. At least they are trying to get her help.

:)Dee

There are some really bad families out there. Or perhaps not even bad families, but ones that just plain quit coping.

Long ago, I worked at what was ostensibly a rock and roll club, but I swear, we were more a social services organization than a rock and roll bar. Long story short, there was a kid with mental problems and cerebral palsy - his parents would literally dump him downtown, barefoot, in winter, because they just couldn't cope. I used to judge them but I've stopped - judgment never comes to good.

We would take this kid, and a thousand other misfits, into our club where we had heat, useful things they could do, and a consistent set of people they could get to know and get support from.

Sean eventually stumbled barefoot into traffic and died, is what I heard through the grapevine, long after our long-running rock club had closed. So sad. I hope Leonard, Francis and the other misfits we helped found another place.

I am going out to see her and help out for three weeks. I will keep in contact, Cottonto

I off tonight at 12:10 am by Greyhound, wish me luck.