Do I have an anxiety disorder?!


Question:

Do I have an anxiety disorder?

I feel anxious a lot, but I tell myself I have good reasons. I mostly get anxious because of my parents. I'm constantly shushing my boyfriend in case he says something to offend them (very easy to do, they are very Catholic, not in a good way)

I get anxious that they'll find out that I skip church on Sundays, and I take undue precautions to make sure they don't see what books, magazines, and websites I read, as well as what videos and music I like.

Every time one of them calls me, I get a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. I never stay out past 10 because I'm afraid of getting in trouble.

I'm hoping this will go away when I get away from them and feel like they have less control over me. I'm 17, and I'll be a junior in college next year (graduated early). I'm moving 952 miles away from home to go to a new school.

So, do you think I'll get better with moving, or does it sound like more of a deep-rooted problem? I'm planning on talking to the school therapist after I move...

Additional Details

4 weeks ago
--Sometimes I _will_ wake up anxious for no reason, and it will last for days, but I don't get anxious about everything. Right now, I have a sick-anxious feeling for no apparent reason... but I think _most_ of it has to do with them.

Note: They think of me as their "good kid"

4 weeks ago
Note again: I don't feel guilty about the things I do. I don't do them to be rebellious either. Pretty much, the inner attitude I have towards them is eff em'... I just can't _do_ it.


Answers:

You have a "my parents are controlling me" disorder. They sound incredibly strick, so yes, I do think it will get better when you move, because then you will be able to exercise your own mind and have your own opinions and ideas expressed outward without sneaking around.

However, I still think you may need counseling. I say that because rather we like it or not, how we are raised has a profound affect on how we manage our lives as adults. You may leave and blossom but you may also leave and find that your new found freedom is confusing to you. You may still sneak without having to sneak since these are the habits that you've developed to manage your life.

I've seen girls raised in confining environments let out for the first time into a world that they are usually naive too. Promiscuity is often a result and also just very poor life choices or abnormal inhibitions and guilt over everything. Yet, they'll do all the wrongs things like sleep with married men, or find other ways to relive their restrictions like stealing--even when they no longer have too. It is re-creating home life. We all do it even those from healthy homes.

The controls your parents have set are not how people are supposed to live. That isn't how Christians are supposed to live. It's downright unhealthy as your body is telling you.

I was raised Catholic, but luckily never forced into practicing it. Heck, I barely know anything about it at this point except most of what it teaches is in direct contrast to the Bible.




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