suffering in silence

[sweety79]

As I  have posted before I suffer with seperation anxiety. It really only affects me when I have to go out of town. Its not so much the seperation, but the fact I worry about everyone here at home. Like I worry something bad will happen or I need to be  here to take care of things. Even though I know it is unrealistic and that life goes on for them when I am not around and even if I am home I can't prevent something from happening. But, it is like a broken record and these things keep running through my head. It is a short vacation that I am going on with my husband and his family that we do every year. I really enjoy myself, but I also silently suffer all at the same time. I guess I just needed to get this out and talk to others that understand these feelings and complusive thoughts.

[sweety79]

For me talking to family really isn't an option, because even though they care they have no clue what I am going through. That is what I like about this forum, I can talk to others that know exactly the emotions and mental anguish that goes along with anxiety.

[metalfan1]

I can relate somewhat. I get very anxious whenever my young sister goes to school. You see she has down syndrome and I worry so much that she'll get lost or someone might kidnap her so something along those lines. I've had a panic attack in the past when her school bus dropped her off late. And whenever she's not home I siliently suffer as you said. it's very tough to control those thoughts. I think that for me what ends up helping is talking to the people that you're attached to and telling them about your fears. Or if they can't understand you quite well(like my sister) then talking to another family member helps.