Yo Imgur! I'd like a little help from you guys

Mar 31, 2016 4:22 AM

Yo Imgur! I'd like a little help from you guys

So my best friend was diagnosed with anxiety shortly after her brother died (suicide). Now, this isn't your everyday Imgur/Tumblr social anxiety shit, this is like if I don't text her when I get home from work she freaks out thinking I got in a wreck and died (and that's on a good day). So anybody out there that has anxiety or dates/lives with/is around someone with it, how can I help her? I really want to be there for her, especially since I feel like I wasn't there for her brother, and I want to make sure that she has someone to go to for anything.

Get her to a medical professional.

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Get her some professional help

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I meant to add this in the description but she is seeing a therapist and they're trying to find med for her but they don't really work

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It'll be tough. My SO list her brother in a wreck a week after she moved out of state. Time helps. Just be there. Honor her wishes

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is that a person or a dinosaur?

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Maybe both?

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Be calm. Don't internalize her stress. Listen. Don't fix her. It takes time. Eventually bring humor into it.

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Yeah, I have a lot of trouble with wanting to fix everything. I'm working on just keeping my trap shut and listening more

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It'll be OK. It's been 7 years since I lost my brother to suicide. The first months were raging hell. The first years rocky. I'm happy now.

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This was two days before her bday and three before thanksgiving. Doc said she had it before it happened, it just made it a whole lot worse

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