steve i understand where you are coming from when i first got this 21 years ago it took my husband till 6 years ago to understand that i had a problem but he says that its all in my head that just start thinking postive and quit worring all the time ya easy for him to say he goes on with his life like nothing ever happen so we had a son and life goes on totally dead wrong my life went up in smoke so dont worry what your parents think tell them to walk in your shoes for one day and feel your feelings then maybe they will understand i know it doesnt work but thats what i always say to my husband and one thing if they do started understanding maybe they can help as best they can my husbands parents have helped me in everyway so take care .........cathy
He bought me a book called Don't Panic when I 1st was going through all this. Kinda ironic ain't it? I remember reading some of it but never finished it. I used to hide it all the time when my all my friends used to come over my house (when I had a heavy social life) cuz I was too embaressed.
5 years has gone by, stolen by this condition...
That book sounds good.
I still got a book from the Library called Panic & Other Disorders among others. I keep calling the renewal line cuz I haven't left the house in a while + 3 books I checked out are requested I found out today. -tonight I finally just took a walk to an old hangout spot where I grew up at by myself, listened to a CD & just stared into space in my own musical world for a while...That distracts me from reality.
I still have the headphones on I haven't even took e'm off anyways
I guess I could try get him to read that book so maybe he can open his mind a little.
Peace Sarah & good luck overcoming this. It sucks don't it?
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I know what ya mean. My dad totally didn't understand before either. I got him reading this book, The Anxiety Disease by David Sheehan and now he's always telling me how much he sees me in this book and how now he can understand my symptoms, etc. He's eased up on me a lot since he started reading it. I fyour dad would be open to doing some reading, I would highly reccommend this book.
As much as I usualy get along with my father, he still has kinda has that stupid way of thinking that psychology is all make believe so is this illness & so are my symptoms like EVERYTHINGS ALL MADE UP & before i can even try to explain the embaressing symptoms like for instance tonight I tried to expain how I have a rapid heartbeat alot, it's always beating funny, how acid played a big part of this. I get the same cutoff line "Oh buls**t!" no matter how hard I try to make people understand this I just can never win period!
I hate never being alowed to express the **** way I feel & the idea that everybody in my family thinks I'm Superman or some sh*t & I can just snap out of all this & do anything the world
I'm taking a freaking walk
