Told my parents when i was a kid it feels like I have constant anxiety. Response? "you dont know what anxiety is, wait until your older" im older and still have constant anxiety, not sure what was supposed to change lol

[–] Aneb@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol. Hopefully a prescription for Prozac 20 years later

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 month ago

My parents used to say “you can send us the therapy bill later” and idk if that constitutes a verbal contract or ….

[–] JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 month ago

A lot of people who never experienced general anxiety think that it's just a part of stress, and what's a kid got to be stressed about?

It's diminutive, sure, but I can at least see where they are coming from.