Hi everybody,

Really glad to be here, I'm reading your posts and learning a lot. My boyfriend has anxiety and a panic disorder. He has done a lot of hard work, and is experiencing a really rough, low week, the first like this in our relationship.

If your loved ones could understand something they don't understand about anxiety and panic, what would it be? If there is something you wish they got but don't get? Something about how it feels, what you need, what you experience, something you wish your partner or other loved ones could really see?

And is there something you wish they did, said, didn't do, or didn't say, when you're having anxiety or experiencing panic?

I love him so much, he is kind with a deep and beautiful heart, and such a good man, and it's hard seeing him in such pain and not knowing what to do and how to help. I want to be here for him, in all the ways I can, and I know part of that is opening to learning and being as empathetic as I can. All insights and suggestions SO welcome.

MB