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Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

NikNikSenior Contributor03 Apr 2018, 4:24 pm AEST

Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

It's not uncommon to worry about a loved one, but it becomes a problem if it impacts our day to day life.

Does anxiety spike when you have to leave your loved one to go to work each day?

Have you stopped going out with friends because you're worried about leaving your loved one at home?

While the desire to stay at home and keep an eye on a loved one may help you control your anxiety in the short term, allowing it to stop you doing things that help your own mental health can be damaging in the long run.

During this Topic Tuesday we'll open the floor to hear how worry and anxiety about your loved one has impacted your life and share techniques and strategies so you don't compromise your own mental health.

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TABSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:21 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

I worry, like I did around my mothers passing 12mths ago yest that after/during the emotional ‘stuff’ I am confronted by my own mortality.. and see/well saw it is selfish but it reality I guess. And no one will be there for me when Im infirm and dying

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Unknown userMember24 Apr 2018, 7:21 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

Leaving Mr D alone the first time after he attempted was scary for me. Now 2 1/2 years on I do worry if he goes somewhere on his own.

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TABSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:22 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

Hi everyone sorry for being lazy with tags 😸

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TanglefootContributor24 Apr 2018, 7:24 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

It’s not all the time but I usually guess when my daughter has decided she doesn’t need her medication and just leaving her for short periods of time causes worry. I’m also a shift worker and have rung in sick because I don’t want to leave her

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NikNikSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:25 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

@TAB - that is definitely confronting. It's not selfish at all.

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TABSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:26 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

Well me father is dying basically although no one knows when but its a one way street he is 93 and multiple health issues and has just been put in a home re me trying to explain why I’m saying what Im saying

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TABSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:27 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

Well. Friend since school told me he felt same way after his mother passed recently @NikNik

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NikNikSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:27 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

@Former-Member - understandable! Leaving him alone for the first time must have been a huge step.
It sounds like things are getting better now though - you are still 'worried' but would I be right in saying, it's not as scary?

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NikNikSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:29 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

@Tanglefoot - your story is so common, particularly around calling in sick for work when things aren't going so well.
I hope you have a supportive work place.
Is your daughter still living with you?

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NikNikSenior Contributor24 Apr 2018, 7:30 pm AEST

Re: Topic Tuesday // Feeling anxious when away from your loved one // Tues. 24 Apr. 7pm - 9pm AEST

I'm sorry to hear about your father @TAB
Wow he and your family have done so well if at the age of 93 is when he's going into assisted living home.

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