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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just stop to the ones that say he needs "anxiety meds".  You have to understand that his generation didn't "go to therapy" and definitely didn't take anxiety medicine.  Sorry, I agree with your dad.  He isn't anxious, he's being himself.  Tell him you're sorry you mentioned therapy.

Just have a normal conversation with him about how you feel and accept that it will take time to get used to him there, for you and him.[/quote]

Too bad. “His generation” is going to have to get over its prejudices or else he will no longer be living in his daughter’s house. You don’t get to maje *your* anxiety everyone else’s problem.

My 75 year old father, who spent his life making stupid comments like “funny farm” and mocking “shrinks,” now takes anxiety medication and is in therapy. His doctor at the VA says it is very common in males in his age group. They have group therapy too and it’s well-attended (and no, they aren’t talking about their combat experience half a century ago).

OP sure as hell doesn’t need to say she’s “sorry she mentioned therapy.” How patently absurd.[/quote]

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