A Short Poll; What is going on in your life right now that is causing your Anxiety ?

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My stress/anxiety comes from a few different areas of my life.

My daily life; My daily commute is not pleasant-always a lot of traffic jams and I had been late a lot and I was told by my boss that I will be fired if I don't get to work on time. So
just imagine the panic attacks I have trying to BEAT the clock every morning while dealing with
anxiety symptoms of tiredness/muscle tension.
I am trying to find another job closer to home but it isn't easy.

My mother; She also has anxiety and I was raised
in an environment where fear, worry, and nervousness was a daily way of life. She went thru a traumatic experience when I was a baby and she really never addressed her issues and took a lot of her anger and resentment out on me. She is also very over protective and domineering.

My husband has been battling alcoholism. We had
been in therapy for 3 years where I was trying to make him realize his problems, but he needed
to get a DUI before he stopped drinking.
At least he is not drinking anymore so that stressful area of my life has ceased.
We are still working on repairing our relationship and I held a lot of resentful feelings towards him but we are becoming more
loving and caring to eachother.
He also has anxiety and stress issues and is in
therapy both with me and with an addiction therapist. We are working on perhaps starting a family but I am very cautious about this because
of his drinking problem.

My Anxiety-within myself;
Worrying about our relationship, whether or not to start a family (need to decide quickly) not
getting any younger.
My mom getting older, her health problems, and
being able to live alone.
My job -trying to deal with the stress of my
commute. They are cutting back on hiring people
and are firing people a lot lately for lateness,
absenteeism, etc; Overall just being a lot more
stricter.
My health- the anxious symptoms get me scared which in turn makes me sick with headaches, pms,
restlessness, lightheadedness, and muscle tension, heart beats fast.

I am on Session 2 and it has already made me feel so much more relaxed even when PMS-ing.

I am trying to be positive about our relationship and I will try to FACE my fears about moving forward in my life. (THIS IS THE HARDEST PART) but hopefully the program will continue to give me the skills I need to FACE THEM HEAD ON.

Pheww It does feel good to write it all down!!