FrustratedSonNew Contributor
Mother with anxiety
- My mother is in her early 70s and has anxiety about every little thing. She avoids dealing with issues regarding her aging and health and has a zillion reasons for not acting to address issues. She has started using this helpless little girl's tone of voice which makes it even more triggering to listen to. She sees every small thing as a potential source of danger and she ruminates on every decision, no matter how trivial it may be. She is so stubborn and won't listen to logic. I'm her only child (in my 40s) and she lives alone... im trying to convince her to move to retirement village so she has a community of people around and weve looked at so many and she says she wants to do it but then when we inspect them she is so negative and finds so many faults with every option. She says gets so anxious about looking at them and i observe her getting confused which one villa/apartment was which. I want her to talk to someone (counsellor or therapist) about moving to a village but she wont do it and I get so full of frustration I feel like I want to scream at her but I can't because that wouldn't help but it's building up in me and I am just feeling so depleted like my tank is empty.
