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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m going to throw something out there.

Your fear that your anxiety when they were growing up is causing their current adult health problems is yet another manifestation of your anxiety and tells me that it’s still not under control.

Rather than focusing on what you could have done differently in the past, focus on what you can do NOW to make their lives and their lives better and that’s to treat your anxiety. Get a therapist and start working on it. It’s not too late.

My creds: my mom was anxious when I was growing up. It had a (small) negative impact on me, but mostly she was a great mom. It’s still negatively impacting me now, and I’d love if she got it treated. [/quote]

+1 good answer. It’s not too late to get help and model something different for them going forward.

My mom was also extremely depressed and anxious and it affected us a lot as kids so I’m trying to handle my anxiety differently in adulthood. But she STILL ruminates and tells us about “everything she did wrong” with us as kids and harps on potential future catastrophes like we are all irreversibly damaged and doomed. It doesn’t help.[/quote]

Eh, that remains to be seen.  I have a relative that’s always been a bit difficult to deal with.  She got diagnosed with anxiety a few years ago and got even more difficult because she is still doing what she’s been doing and now is demanding more on top of that because “anxiety!”[/quote]

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