I’m sure if this has been posted once it’s been posted 1000 times, but I’m so exhausted of people’s immediate response to me expressing an anxiety is to hear how irrational I’m being. 

Tonight’s example: I have to get my second COVID shot Wednesday and I’m extremely anxious because I had pretty awful side effects to the first shot and the second is supposed to be worse. I got myself into a health anxiety spiral of googling and ended up freaking myself out more. Well when I said to my boyfriend “hey, I made a mistake and looked this up and now I’m really anxious please help” his response was to get irritated that I had looked it up and then tell me it’s just some aches and pains and not a big deal and I should just relax. No matter how I tried to explain myself and what exactly I needed, he just insisted that it is not a big deal and I’m being dramatic about how bad it was with the last shot. 

I’ve dealt with this response from most people in my life since I was a child and it’s really discouraging. It always makes me feel stupid and question why I even reach out to people for help. Just one time EVER I want someone to tell me its ok and comfort me, just once. I’m not sure exactly what I’m expecting to get from this post, I guess I’m just venting.