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summer67 · 09-04-2008, 09:27 PM

I'm so glad I found this site an hope you can help me with my problem. Hopefully, I'm posting in the correct area. My problem is that I am dealing with seperation anxiety and I am 41 yrs old. Its so embarrassing to me and I'm not sure what to do about it or where it comes from. It started really bad in my 20's. I moved to the US from Canada on my own. Now whenever I go home to visit or family visits me I start getting upset weeks before I or they leave. Its gets so bad I avoid seeing family because it is torture for me. I know its to do with negative thoughts but I just cannot control them. I've tried thinking positive but does not help. Now I know it makes absolutely not sense
and as soon as I leave and am in the plane etc I am just fine!! I have tried to think back to my childhood to see what contributed to this. I was very close to my family and they travelled alot. My grandmother lived w us growing up but I always hated being left home. Pls help.

09-04-2008, 09:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
summer67 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Florida Posts: 9	Adult seperation anxiety?? Help I'm so glad I found this site an hope you can help me with my problem. Hopefully, I'm posting in the correct area. My problem is that I am dealing with seperation anxiety and I am 41 yrs old. Its so embarrassing to me and I'm not sure what to do about it or where it comes from. It started really bad in my 20's. I moved to the US from Canada on my own. Now whenever I go home to visit or family visits me I start getting upset weeks before I or they leave. Its gets so bad I avoid seeing family because it is torture for me. I know its to do with negative thoughts but I just cannot control them. I've tried thinking positive but does not help. Now I know it makes absolutely not sense and as soon as I leave and am in the plane etc I am just fine!! I have tried to think back to my childhood to see what contributed to this. I was very close to my family and they travelled alot. My grandmother lived w us growing up but I always hated being left home. Pls help. Last edited by summer67; 09-05-2008 at 02:46 PM.