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Re:Married to someone with anxiety by DanBC on Friday November 25, 2016 @11:39AM (#13037883)
> The one thing I'm trying to avoid is telling people about it, I don't ever want to put someone in the position of "listen, my life is harder than yours because of X condition, so you need to adjust to me". I think that's gross. Like my loud friend. It's totally his right to be loud, and it's unfair to him that someone like me lives next door

It's good that you're not asking him to adjust to you, but I hope you realise that you do not deserve to live like this, and that help might be available.

Have you seen a doctor?

There are some physical health checks they'll want to do, and then there are some mental health options they can talk about with you.

If you were in England you could expect this from the NHS: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg113

Broader information: https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/conditions-and-diseases/men...

Anxiety disorders often respond well to treatment.

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Re:Married to someone with anxiety by 0xcde4c3db on Friday November 25, 2016 @12:42PM (#13038419)
> There are some physical health checks they'll want to do

The importance of this step should not be underestimated. Hormonal and neurological phenomena can have huge effects on mental and emotional processes. It's socially accepted to joke about hormone-addled teenagers and "roid rage" (and, not so long ago, PMS), but then we act like the default is somehow to have no hormones at all, instead of admitting to ourselves that every one of our brains is marinating in a constantly-fluctuating chemical soup.

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