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re: Anxiety is crippling my cousins daughters
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:34 am to Harlan County USA
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:34 am to Harlan County USA
Have them join the military. Need some structure and need to be away from home.
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Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:36 am to Harlan County USA
Pics of daughters
Need to assess if their anxiety is bad
Need to assess if their anxiety is bad
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:36 am to Potchafa
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When my two girls, 26 and 24 started that shite around 20, I lost my shite! I was pretty strict on them growing up. I told them to basically grow up and quit crying about adulting.
I guess I got lucky. Mine got out there and figured out how to obtain a mortgage and buy a house, all on her own, one year after graduating from college. I offered to help, but she said, "Nope. I got this." I was very proud of her.
She's a successful 42-year-old now.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:40 am to Centinel
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The response to covid fricked an entire generation up in this country. shite like this will only get worse.
This. Especially with kids that were already a little shy or socially awkward to begin with.
My sister had that problem, afraid to drive, never flew, high anxiety... she got a traveling job a few months ago that absolutely made her face those fears/anxieties in a big way and fast. She seems to have finally bloomed and is doing well. She drives and flies constantly three weeks out of four- Chicago, California, Washington state, Arizona, Florida, Sulpher, LA, Georgia, everything in between.
Immersion might not work for everyone, and if you'd have asked me in November if it'd work for my sister, I would have laughed and tried to figure out what loony bin she would land in... but it worked and I thank God for it every day.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:41 am to BeerMoney
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Have them join the military. Need some structure and need to be away from home.
Naw. They'd just end up discharging out with PTSD and having the taxpayers take care of their medical care for the rest of their lives.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:44 am to Harlan County USA
My anxiety comes in the form of office people (engineers, HR, etc.) sending emails instead of calling or texting and expecting an answer immediately as if they called or texted… no regular person has time to check a phone or a IPAD while in the field…if the damn message is urgent email should not be an option to convey it
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:50 am to Lawyered
I used to be on the LSU Parent Page in 2015, so pre-lockdown. The amount of helicopter parents was astounding. “My kid is sick, how do I…., My kid is failing, how do I…., my kid has anxiety, my kid needs to reach the professor….” And more. For grown up kids in university. My children handled their own issues at college, and one even got the flu and handled it. It’s no wonder young adults, now almost 30 and slightly over, can’t function. It’s parenting failure.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:52 am to BeerMoney
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Have them join the military. Need some structure and need to be away from home.
The military is not taking their crazy arse. If they do make it to bootcamp, they'll be separated and sent home with a quickness.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:54 am to Harlan County USA
Philippians 4:6-7
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
1 Peter 5:7
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
Matthew 6:25-35
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
This anxious spirit is not from God. I think everyone has times of anxiety but it’s verses like these and knowing God never promises an easy life, but He is always with us. I’ll be praying for them. When they find peace I hope they know it’s from God.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus."
1 Peter 5:7
“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you."
Matthew 6:25-35
“Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothes? Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? Can any one of you by worrying add a single hour to your life?
“And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.”
This anxious spirit is not from God. I think everyone has times of anxiety but it’s verses like these and knowing God never promises an easy life, but He is always with us. I’ll be praying for them. When they find peace I hope they know it’s from God.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 10:54 am to LSU alum wannabe
Anxiety centers on a feeling of lack of control. It’s often common in high achievers. You start living a life of avoidance, trying not to get into any situation you don’t feel like you are in control of. This can lead to agoraphobia if it’s gets bad enough
It can be absolutely crippling. The issue is, if you live with intense anxiety long enough, your body gets stuck in that state. You are living a life in constant fight or flight, it’s an actual change in the body making the anxiety nearly impossible to break out of by normal means
It’s hard for someone that doesn’t suffer to that sever of a degree to relate to the feeling. It has actual intense physical side effects like PVCs, nausea, feelings of illness, dizziness, tachycardia, IBS, constant aches and pains, hypersensitivity to pain, noise, and body sensations. If you are living in a state of fight or flight these symptoms are likely daily. It’s not simply a feeling of “I’m scared”. The cortisol and adrenaline rushing through your body is telling you you are in danger and your body starts doing things it shouldn’t be doing. Being stuck in that state is exhausting to the mind and body
It can take years in the right situation for treatment to break out of it. I honestly feel sorry for his children because they are probably good, smart kids and they are struggling with a situation most can’t relate to and that seems silly to the average adult. I can’t blame it all on the parents either because the modern day world (commercials, social media, news, access to information) probably has more to do with it than anything
It can be absolutely crippling. The issue is, if you live with intense anxiety long enough, your body gets stuck in that state. You are living a life in constant fight or flight, it’s an actual change in the body making the anxiety nearly impossible to break out of by normal means
It’s hard for someone that doesn’t suffer to that sever of a degree to relate to the feeling. It has actual intense physical side effects like PVCs, nausea, feelings of illness, dizziness, tachycardia, IBS, constant aches and pains, hypersensitivity to pain, noise, and body sensations. If you are living in a state of fight or flight these symptoms are likely daily. It’s not simply a feeling of “I’m scared”. The cortisol and adrenaline rushing through your body is telling you you are in danger and your body starts doing things it shouldn’t be doing. Being stuck in that state is exhausting to the mind and body
It can take years in the right situation for treatment to break out of it. I honestly feel sorry for his children because they are probably good, smart kids and they are struggling with a situation most can’t relate to and that seems silly to the average adult. I can’t blame it all on the parents either because the modern day world (commercials, social media, news, access to information) probably has more to do with it than anything
This post was edited on 3/29/26 at 11:02 am
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:19 am to Sofaking2
If you want to be comfortable, you have to be uncomfortable first.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:23 am to Harlan County USA
The solution is exposure therapy. The prevention is proper parenting.
And stop blaming Covid. That’s a BS excuse.
And stop blaming Covid. That’s a BS excuse.
This post was edited on 3/29/26 at 11:25 am
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:25 am to TulsaSooner78
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Naw. They'd just end up discharging out with PTSD and having the taxpayers take care of their medical care for the rest of their lives.
It’s the only thing I can think of that gets them out and away and cuts the cord with the parents. Any other suggestions?
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:29 am to UptownJoeBrown
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The solution is exposure therapy. The prevention is proper parenting.
Reminds me of when my oldest was big enough to go in a store and use a credit card. I’d send her in alone all the time. Probably 9-10 years old. My wife thought it was odd but it taught her to navigate. She’d cry at first because scared to walk in. After going twice it was no problem. Now at 16 she keeps talking about moving out and traveling. Just exposure to the world leads to more worldly experiences
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:34 am to UptownJoeBrown
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And stop blaming Covid. That’s a BS excuse.
Pretending like the fear mongering, guilt tripping, zoom classing, isolation didn't frick up a subset of kids is crazy.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:47 am to Harlan County USA
I assume these are bigger girls.
Tell them they should accept the BBC and Uncle loving in B'ham is place to be.
Tell them they should accept the BBC and Uncle loving in B'ham is place to be.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 11:57 am to Harlan County USA
Are these young women going to therapy and/or taking medicine for their anxiety? And, is it strictly anxiety, or is there some level of depression as well?
Medication and/or therapy will not cure these conditions, but they can make it manageable. With the right combination, your cousin's daughters will be able to drive or fly even if anxious or depressed. This is a simplistic analogy, but think of it as driving with a headache versus having a migraine that stops them in their tracks.
And if the girls and their parents would be willing, assuming it would be covered by insurance, consider an inpatient hospital stay to participate in intensive therapy sessions (perhaps twice per day, and every day for the duration of their stay) and jump starting the drug regimen while monitoring vitals and other blood related chemical factors.
Medication and/or therapy will not cure these conditions, but they can make it manageable. With the right combination, your cousin's daughters will be able to drive or fly even if anxious or depressed. This is a simplistic analogy, but think of it as driving with a headache versus having a migraine that stops them in their tracks.
And if the girls and their parents would be willing, assuming it would be covered by insurance, consider an inpatient hospital stay to participate in intensive therapy sessions (perhaps twice per day, and every day for the duration of their stay) and jump starting the drug regimen while monitoring vitals and other blood related chemical factors.
Posted on 3/29/26 at 12:00 pm to Harlan County USA
This generation that you're speaking about was fricked up by the Covid shutdown and all the fears that been shoved down their throats it's no surprise that an entire generation of children are fricked up Sad thing is it's going to be coming for a few more than a while because younger ones we're just as traumatized by the Covid panic and there are enough parents/families that dont give a shite
I mean as crazy as it is we all still see the random person with a mask on in their car driving down the road We may laugh when we see it but we're not shocked by it
I mean as crazy as it is we all still see the random person with a mask on in their car driving down the road We may laugh when we see it but we're not shocked by it
Posted on 3/29/26 at 12:04 pm to SallysHuman
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Pretending like the fear mongering, guilt tripping, zoom classing, isolation didn't frick up a subset of kids is crazy.
No it didn’t. Just a convenient excuse to explain away results of poor parenting by Gen X, Y, whatever letter with their BS social agendas and new age parenting liberal foolishness.
This post was edited on 3/29/26 at 12:05 pm
Posted on 3/29/26 at 12:05 pm to UptownJoeBrown
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UptownJoeBrown
You’re such a fricktwat.
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