I’ve been at the beach for a week with my daughter and my mom and we’ve had a lovely, relaxing time.

We’ll be here for another week and my sister and her family are coming down today for the week. I have pretty bad panic attacks around my sister because she is hostile and verbally abusive like my father was and it triggers me. I’m the only one in the family who can’t just “shrug it off” and “not give her that much power”.

I thought I could do this for my mother and daughter but my anxiety is off the charts right now and I just don’t know how I’m going to pull this off. I am paralyzed with fear right now.

Sending hugs for those that are struggling.