Stress Center Peer Support

Is anyone else having issues going through the recovering process while being around your close ones. Especially when some of them are getting affected as well?

I've had anxiety for years. I am on the 4th week of the program now. I am making tons of progress but from time 2 time I find myself reverting back 2 my bottomless abyss.

The relationships with my family since going through the program has improved greatly, my 13yr old little sister and I are patching up a past broken bond and she's been responding nicely. Unfortunately, with the 10 steps of improvement I make forward, it gets frustrating when the next step that I take is back at ground 0.

Sometimes I get lost and don't know which way is up anymore. What is reality or me just over-reacting. Sometimes I just need my space 2 breathe and complain and get stuff off my chest. Unfortunately, I don't have the leisure 2 do this privately and it affects the people around me.

It sometimes seem like all my efforts are in vain. Does anyone else feel or have felt this way? Maybe with a spouse, friends, or other relatives?

Hi there. Yes, I know what you mean. It seems like people (even people who love you the most) just don't get what we're going through if they have never felt it themselves. Depression is not the same as 'feeling blue' for me. It feels much, much deeper and more hopeless. I struggle with it daily. And I also struggle with helping my husband understand. It's hard on him, too. I think it's going to be a long journey, but so worth it. I want my life to be good!

Inandoutofpanic I know your pain. I am on week 8, but, I find myself going back to tape 3 and even 1 and 2 sometimes. Like you said 1 step forward and 2 back. The step forward is worth it. Hang in there. I have 3 kids and a wife and they have all seen me at my worst(sleep on the couch for 2wks doing nothing) feeling like crap. So I do know it(anx and dep) has affected my entire family. It is also tough on them. It has been hard being like this in front of them, but, letting them know and talking to them being honest with them makes it so much easier. Kind of puts it out there and you and your husband can talk about it. That helped me alot when my wife went to my therapist with me. She could tell her frustrations and get a better handle on how I felt and a little bit into why. I think only those of us who suffer from this condition can ever really know what we go through. I hope this helps in some way. God Bless.