I’m so frustrated because I was diagnosed when I was 12 with anxiety. I went through a lot and ended up depressed as well. I am unable to live a normal adult life. I can’t function in social situations.

I can’t bring my 10 month daughter on walks, I can’t get my license (I’m 25), i feel awkward taking family photos to the point where we don’t even have any and I love photos? I hate leaving my house, if we have to go to a social event with my family I make excuses on why I have to leave early, come late, or why we can’t come at all. If it’s with his family I literally will cry and get so much built up anxiety that we argue and I usually get out of it. If I don’t, then I’m quiet the whole time and I leave often to “use the washroom” if his family wants to come over it’s the same thing! I say I’m sick or tired and lay in bed or I leave a lot. I can never sit down. I have to be doing something. I actually get angry when his family wants to come over because I just can’t handle it. I feel so bad. Especially I know they want to see their granddaughter and I SWEAR I don’t have bad intentions. I just can’t handle it. This obviously causes arguments between us and he says sometimes that he can’t take it, is going to break up with me if this continues, he asks what my family did to me and why I hate them, he says that everyone says they have anxiety now, but it’s that people just have problems...you have problems that you need to fix and talk to someone for.

I explained that the symptoms I have are from anxiety (im dizzy, tired, sick, etc. a lot). He just says I don’t get it? Why would you have anxiety right in this moment? I told him I don’t, but it’s not like the symptoms leave. And I don’t have anxiety with certain things...I mean yes, certain things definitely make it worse, but I have generalized anxiety too.

I’m just frustrated because he doesn’t take me seriously. I need a supportive partner. Any ideas of how I can really make him understand the battles I face daily because of this?