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Originally Posted by Scooter9
My sister had uncontrolled anxiety and spent hours every day at the gym.
She refused to listen to me or my mother to have a doctor look into it, believing instead that the gym and natural remedies would take care of it.
She didn't live long enough to take care of it - died of cancer a couple of years ago.
My point is similar to another poster here. Maybe you're trying to cope with your anxiety by running.
Maybe the root of the problem needs to be taken care of?
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Yes, but I'm just not sure what the root of the problem is.
I have financial issues, bad ones, we might lose our house soon.
I have a 10 yr. old daughter who probably has sensory processing disorder but can't get her help through the school because my husband does not want her to have a "504" label, which would allow her to get occupational therapy for issues affecting the school day.
There's growing up with an angry, disapproving father.
Or there's childhood sexual abuse.
Or nearly getting shot in graduate school.
Or sexual abuse at a massage parlor.
Or nearly dying of a perforated ulcer and wishing I had the pain/recovery post-surgery was brutal. It made childbirth look like a dance through the park.
Of course, there's the classic Type A perfectionistic personality that made me push myself in school.
There's not having any friends other than my sisters now that my best friend from college lives in Connecticut.
So God knows I've got issues. But as to which one is the root? Heaven knows.