Posted by Meri-Tuuli on December 10, 2005, at 12:08:03
In reply to Re: What is it when you feel like you want to jump, posted by lynn971 on December 10, 2005, at 11:28:55
Hiya Lynn!
> Can the anxiety be because my childhood was wracked with verbal and physical abuse?
I'm no Freud, but I think it is highly likely. My childhood was bad too and I get anxiety. Same for my mother-in-law. Its like you never had a secure, warm, environment when you were a kid and things were always uncertain. Like I was always tiptoeing around because I didn't want my mother to go into one of her rages. So you feel insecure and you kinda anticipate the worst, which I think carries on into later life and makes you anxious.
> The anxiety is mostly health related. Can my childhood bring on anxiety about health issues?
Me too! If I take two aspirin in one day I get a panic attack. I'm constantly obsessed about my health. For me at least, it comes from not having anyone to care for me properly when I was ill as a child - my mother NEVER kept any household medicines (she refused to give aspirin for fevers and things like that) and I had to go to doc appointments alone and sort of have to care for myself, if that makes sense. Its like you kinda have to worry about yourself because there is no-one to take care of you properly that you can trust.
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