My almost 30 year o.d daughter seems to suffer from extreme anxiety and I don't know how to help her. She doesn't ha e a license cause she hates driving she uncomfortable. She's only had 1 job. Never full time. She has no friends. She's working 2 days a week, and all the rest of her time is spent at home in her room. I think part of it is just Laziness, but I've been trying for years to help her step outside this tiny bubble she seems ok living in. She's really not living though, she exists. I'm getting older and I'm afraid she won't be able to care for or support herself when im gone. What or how can I help her get on with her life. She has always been this way. Never a boyfriend,(and she's cute), no friends she hangs with. A job that her sister got for her, and living at home with mom. Please help me help her!
Hi Barbara, Sorry to hear what’s she going too and yourself it’s definitely anxiety. I suffer the sact same thing with mine get your daughter to set a few goals that she wanted to do and write them down onto paper and take one at a time , every morning I get up I fill up my sink in cold water until it’s full, I take a big deep breath and stick my face in for 5 mins and then let the air out . This is good for your brain and distraction from negativity. She will recover from she needs to stay positive eat healthy and make sure he has a routine every day this helps a lot . I wish you and your daughter the very best in the future. Kind regards Jason
Hi Barbara - I was the same way... Always in my room. Never going out.. I didn't know it but I had a fear of crowded places... When I'd go to a concert I'd hyperventilate if I wasn't sitting on an isle seat... I'd have to know how to bolt if something went down... It was crazy! Until I realized I was sitting my life away.. I'm now 49 and I had to learn a lot of relaxation techniques to snap out of it..I refused to be on meds for fear of dependency. It may take someone else, other than a parent, to get her involved with something she enjoys doing and only time will tell. That's how I snapped out of it...
Good Luck!