SilentAndShy
Well-known member
Hi,
I've explained to my wife about my anxiety and when it flares up specifically and even though it has been good to share, I still feel there's no-one who really gets me and my struggle.
This has affected her and my children and continues to - it seems - very regularly when every other week some anxiety (whether it's about driving, social situations or feeling unknowledgeable about something which leads to more thoughts and anxiety) envelopes me and I take it out on them in some way before apologising and it flares up in another week or two.
She says that I should take action to limit the impact on them, but what? She's suggested sleeping downstairs which I agree with or I thought perhaps putting some money aside to give to her or us to do as a family, something nice when everything is okay. Also I said I will try to write the anxiety incident or moment on my phone, sleep on it, look at it the next day and decide if it's worth getting worried about (thought about this before but never actioned it as the anxiety is so much I can't think of anything other than worry or stress)
I feel like I should do this as to compensate for being a miserable sod most of the time but are there any other things I could do to help my anxiety and lessen the impact on people around me?
Thanks
I've explained to my wife about my anxiety and when it flares up specifically and even though it has been good to share, I still feel there's no-one who really gets me and my struggle.
This has affected her and my children and continues to - it seems - very regularly when every other week some anxiety (whether it's about driving, social situations or feeling unknowledgeable about something which leads to more thoughts and anxiety) envelopes me and I take it out on them in some way before apologising and it flares up in another week or two.
She says that I should take action to limit the impact on them, but what? She's suggested sleeping downstairs which I agree with or I thought perhaps putting some money aside to give to her or us to do as a family, something nice when everything is okay. Also I said I will try to write the anxiety incident or moment on my phone, sleep on it, look at it the next day and decide if it's worth getting worried about (thought about this before but never actioned it as the anxiety is so much I can't think of anything other than worry or stress)
I feel like I should do this as to compensate for being a miserable sod most of the time but are there any other things I could do to help my anxiety and lessen the impact on people around me?
Thanks