Midlife Anxiety

[Auburn2017]

I’m new here and suffer from Health anxiety and GAD. It’s controlling my life and I’m doing everything I know how to get better. It goes back to childhood and kind of subsided while I was busy raising my kids. Now we’re empty nesters and it has gotten much worse. I’m seeing a therapist and she says it all goes back to losing my dad at age 9. My mom wasn’t emotionally available due to her own grief. I want to get back to life.

[NWGal]

So glad you have chosen us as a support and also glad you are working with a mental health therapist. Life changes will certainly cause old wounds to reemerge. I understand where you're coming from. When I retired the old demons came back. I entered therapy as well and worked to understand the root of my mental health issues. It helped immensely. We're here for each other! Good karma my friend.

[Agora1]

Hi Auburn2017, Having lost your father at such a young age had to be devastating

for both you and your mother. I'm so sorry. It sounds like your anxiety took a back

burner while you were busy raising your kids. Now that they are out of the house,

you might be feeling the emptiness that you felt as a child. Seeking therapy is a good

way to address the feelings you went through many years ago.

You are still young and at 52 have a whole life ahead of you, just a different stage of it.

Anxiety makes it hard for us to accept changes but this can be a good change if you allow

it. It takes a little adjusting, but there is more to life than raising children. This is your

time to look into things you might want to do. You'll always be a mother and worry

about your children but this time with a little more freedom to explore what's out there.

I'm glad to Welcome you here where you won't feel as alone. This will become your

Safe place to come to where you will meet others going through the same along with

Anxiety. Stay positive. xx

[kenster1]

hi welcome aboard my mrs is similar to you she lost her mum at 7 her dad had it bad afterwards as well.our kids are still young but my mrs has had to go back to counselling ddue to her issues.hopefully with support on here and closer to home gets you back on track soon.

[SkyBlue17]

Welcome! It's nice to meet other people with health anxiety. It's seriously brutal and I'm sorry you're suffering, but it's stellar that you've taken the initiative to see a mental health therapist and join an online community! You're on the path to getting this under control! I find that staying busy helps with my anxiety, if that helps.

[san_ray70]

I went with my daughter to meetings with phsychiatric doctors, she would say nothing and I thought they made her worse.