How to get your anxiety under control even if your own family is causing it
Thank you for signing up for my Anxiety Dissolver exercise. You should receive your email with the Anxiety Dissolver exercise within the next 30 minutes.
In the meantime… Let me tell you about Jeanie…
When I heard her story, it broke my heart.
Jeanie did not have a very happy childhood.
As she grew up, she had been the focus of emotional, verbal, and physical abuse from her mother. She would often lash out for no apparent reason, act irrationally, and even shout at Jeanie just for being around her.
Many times, Jeanie’s mother had burst into the room yelling, and destroyed the game or project she was working on, knocking it off the table, or kicking it across the floor.
Naturally, Jeanie felt very confused. She thought SHE was doing something wrong – something that was causing her mother’s outbursts.
Of course, it wasn’t her fault. But it was the only explanation her 7-year old mind could come up with.
It didn’t help that her older siblings kept picking on her. They told her how stupid she was, and that no one wanted to hear what she had to say. They would gang up together and tease her until she would curl up into a ball and cry. Then they’d walk away, laughing.
You can imagine how unsafe und anxious Jeanie felt.
Kids need a safe environment and Jeanie’s was anything but that.
For her it was not safe to be home.
It was not safe to be seen.
In fact, it was not safe to be her.
When her mother would come home, the sound of her key in the lock would cause her anxiety to rush in and take over. She could hardly breathe. She just wanted to get to her room and hide.
To get out of sight, and out of harm’s way.
There was only one solution Jeanie could think of…
The only thing she could (partly) control was how visible she was.
And so… She hid.
She tiptoed around in her house so as not to disturb her mother, her brother, or her sister, and cause any outbursts.
She became as quiet and invisible as she could be.
Jeanie no longer started new projects, no matter how much she wanted to. There was no point. She had put her whole heart into them before, only to see her mother destroy them.
It was just too painful.
And if her own family thought she was worthless then she figured everyone else would think so too. Before long, she fell into a pattern of hiding all the time, at home, and everywhere else. It just felt safer.
Fast forward into adulthood:
It was always uncomfortable for Jeanie to be seen. She didn’t feel safe and the anxiety started to rise every time she had attention on her – or even if she thought she was about to have attention on her.
Jeanie had been a smart child, and this carried over into adulthood. She was bright, and had a lot of possibilities. Even so, she felt stuck, and her anxiety kept coming up around strangers and, especially, around her family.
Due to her volatile upbringing, Jeanie still was extremely aware of what was going on around her, and made an exhausting effort not to trigger any negative emotions in anyone.
She had been molded from early on to be a people pleaser and to avoid upsetting anyone…
This was particularly true when it came to family gatherings. She felt like she was in a war zone trying to dodge the bullets fired at her.
She still did her best not to provoke any outbursts from her mother or her siblings.
The fears and struggles she had experienced growing up showed up in Jeanie’s job too. Although she was bright, she had an awful time getting started on projects. When she did manage to start them, she could never finish them in a timely way; sometimes she didn’t finish them at all.
She could never explain why, and it was frustrating to both her and her boss.
Jeanie’s struggle with starting and finishing things came from those very early experiences of her mother always wrecking everything she did, but she didn’t know this yet.
That was so long ago… she had no idea what was holding her back.
Because her dreams had always been destroyed before she could finish them, she had learned to give up on herself, her life, and her dreams without ever truly getting started on them.
And now here she was, an adult without any belief that she could truly learn, work, or succeed.
She needed help.
And this is when Jeanie found me online.
But more about this in a minute…
Maybe you struggle with similar things…
- Your siblings or parents told you that you were stupid or useless – and now, this deeply rooted belief is sabotaging you in your adult life.
- You can’t find any motivation in life because you never got proper support from your family.
- You have difficulty starting new things or you might be able to start them but can’t finish them.
- Maybe it started when emotionally abusive people were added to your family (step-parent, step-siblings, in-laws…) making family gatherings hell (so you try to avoid them as much as possible).
- Or you are at odds with your siblings due to something that has happened in the past, and being with them causes tons of anxiety for you. (You might not even remember why that is because it’s buried deep, deep down.)
- Maybe your own spouse is not appreciative of you
- You feel like you just suck as a spouse or partner and you wish you could have a better relationship
- Maybe you question your own abilities as a parent…
I understand.
I have seen many clients with similar issues come into my practice and I’m thrilled to say I’ve seen them get relief from feelings, fears, and problems that have been plaguing them for years and, often, even a lifetime.
The first thing I give them is the Anxiety Dissolver exercise that I am going to share with you today for free.
This is the #1 thing that will help you immediately reduce your anxiety by at least 20-30%…
This will be a lifesaver for you at your next family gathering!
Or your next visit to your parents’ place…
In just 1-2 minutes, the Anxiety Dissolver exercise will help you stop that anxiety right in its tracks and help your body and mind react in a more helpful way instead. It will take you out of overwhelming feelings of anxiety, and put you into a place of greater clarity, comfort, and control.
Isn’t it past time for you to feel better?
Click the Video below to learn more and access your Anxiety Dissolver exercise.
Now back to Jeanie…
Jeanie always smiled blissfully through our sessions.
Because of our work together, she felt more sure of herself.
She was finally able to understand why she had been unable to start or complete things and now, with my help, she had rewritten her inner programming for greater motivation and success.
She could see how her family had negatively effected her beliefs in herself, and been able to let go of the hold they’d had on her.
At family events her family no longer had the control they were used to having over her, and she actually found that she was amused by their ridiculous attempts to upset her. Now she felt as if she was the lone adult in a room full of 3-year olds who didn’t know how to behave.
Over time, her family stopped trying to push her buttons because they weren’t getting the old responses out of her. And even when they fell back into old habits, she DIDN’T!
When I last checked in with Jeanie, she had completed her Bachelor’s Degree and had started her own business! She was making her dreams a reality, and proving to herself every day that she could do it!
If you’re ready to stop your struggle…
Schedule a Free Ease the Anxiety Discovery Session with me today. In this Discovery Session you’ll discover the secrets to
- Why you struggle with so much anxiety when everyone else seems to be okay
- Why it’s been so hard to break free of that struggle, and how to do it now
- How simple it can be to get calm and in control when you need it most, and
- The first steps you can take to finally enjoy a happy, more peaceful life
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