Avoiding coping strategies

[blueriver14]

My adult daughter was diagnosed with severe anxiety and panic disorder. Her panic attacks happen when she needs to do a small chore or something to help with her treatment like journaling. It's like her brain is rejecting the things that would help her get better. Is anyone familiar with these types of triggers?

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It sounds like the attitude of a teen not knowing what she needs to do.She needs to be pushed and this can be a problem. Lazyness and mood changes caused by her condition, incentives can work although He problem may be stopping Her move onto a more adult period in life

Has your Doctor discussed this problem and given any medications

Sometimes with panic it can be all down a fear to approach the problem she does not understand or wishes to control.

The more she refuses the harder it will be to get her to do something to help herself. Have you tried to mention the job once and let her get on with it

She will need to help hereself, Let He get on with it if she is near adult. Try not to push

BOB

[Dell12345]

Hi there, I'm sorry your daughter is going through this, it's really difficult. It sounds like she is having panic attacks that are triggered by things that remind her if panic attacks. This is very common I believe.

Education on what panic attacks are can help.

A book by Clare Weeks is very often recommend by people on this forum, though I haven't read it myself. I did find the 'Treatments that work' book on mastering panic and anxiety to be very helpful.

It may be that your daughter needs medication. It takes several weeks to work but may really help reduce her anxiety, to the point where she may be able to engage more easily with other coping strategies.

Hope this helps X

[Liberty920]

Might be pressure from expectations put on her and/or her mind being so overwhelmed by anxiety that she can't make the space in her head to complete the task. The anxiety is essentially competing for her time. I've been there.