Family issue .

[Mzemma01]

How come my family won't understand that this anxiety thing is not a joke. They think it's easy to control. I don't have their support they think I'm crazy. I just need them to be here for me and not down me when I'm going thru this . Everything is falling apart . Seem like I'm in this alone, just want to cry and sleep.

[Rebeccah12]

Your not alone there are a lot of people going trew the same as u and I'm one of them my mum dosent understand and thinks in liying about having anxciety I struggle every day but try my best as I have children always remember you are not alone x

[kama24]

they think you are crazy because they do not understand mental illness. Have you seen the commercial Howie Mandel does for it...he is OCD, depression and panic....I must see if I can find it. If you printed out or bought a accurate book on panic/anxiety disorder would they read it. Would they ever go and listed to your therapist tell them this IS real, it is not a minor irritation~ You are not alone, do you ever read all the other posts In here???? We do however need a life line, someone who will back us, what about your boy friend, does he take you seriously? I think your family needs to educate themselves or have your family dr call them in and talk to them.

[Cat33]

I've read so many posts on here saying exactly the same as you I think people just don't know how to deal with it They are probably making light of it in the hope that you will "pull yourself together" as my mum used to say to me Do you have good friends to speak to ?

Do you have books on anxiety? If you do I would leave them somewhere they couldn't avoid seeing them in the hope they might read them

Don't feel alone you have so many people on here who know just what you are going through

Take lots of care

[evie15]

My family is the same way. I think sometimes people try to put things down that they don't understand or that make them uncomfortable. In my family, it is unacceptable to have a mental problem, they think its a sign of weakness. Once again, maybe they simply don't understand it. I like to remember that people don't understand it because they can't "see" it. If you had a broken leg or arm, they would notice immediately and understand that you were probably in a certain level of pain. But because you have an "invisible" problem, to them, its not there. Until, you have been in the depths of anxiety yourself, it is very hard to understand that you cannot control it without help. My parents did finally understand I had an issue when I started losing a lot of weight and needed medication just to sleep. Yet they still give me a hard time about my OCD anxiety issues. They tell me to calm down and I'm blowing it out of proportion or obsessing. I know that on a certain level, but my mind struggles to realize its not a fight or flight situation. My advice would be to try to find people here or some of your friends that you can talk to about it that do understand. Being upset that your family doesn't support you is probably making it worse. Getting to the root of the anxiety and really analyzing what you could do to make yourself feel better is a good place to start. There are some good anxiety calming tools out there. I had to come to the realization that I was the only one who could help me. I had to overcome my reliance on my parents for support regarding this issue and kind of tune them out. I hope you find a good resource to help you through this.