Hi, I am by no means a mental health professional but I think my wife has GAD (generalized anxiety disorder).

She is a perfectionist who beats herself up mentally when everything is not perfect. She loves to plan everything and have everything in order. If there is a glass on the table she will freak out and say that it's going to fall (which is possible but highly unlikely)

It doesn't help matters that both of her parents were raised in military households so they instilled in her this screwed up (in my opinion) sense of hyper cleanliness etc. Her parents still treat her like a child and she is terrified of inconveniencing them or disappointing them she let's them have way too much influence over her decisions.

I try to follow all her rules/systems to put less stress on her but I'm not a perfectionist so it stresses me out having to do over the top stuff that I consider rediculous yet she considers normal.

We have a 6 month old daughter and I'm terrified that she will grow up to inherit my wife's potential GAD. My wife refuses to get any kind of help or therapy because according to her “the therapist will say I'm crazy and they will take our daughter away from me“

I am at a loss as to how to help her or myself in this situation. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.