I’ve had rlly bad anxiety my entire life and so does my mom. The difference is, I’m able to identify that I have anxiety and I’ve had it long enough to know how to deal with it most of the time. My mom is an immigrant, she’s grown up never hearing about anxiety or mental illnesses and she constantly talks about how she needs to “change her personality” instead of recognizing that she suffers from rlly bad anxiety. My dad is quite arrogant and is always yelling at her and her anxiety makes her overly sensitive about that too. I know due to cultural stigmas they will never get divorced, but I’m so worried about my mom and her mental health. She’s so unhappy, all she does is stress about work, household chores, and my dad. How can I help her understand anxiety and what should I suggest she do? She suffers from horrible migraines, sciatica, and just all over body aches. I think a lot of that has to do with her very high stress levels. I know she’s going to refuse therapy, so how else can she cope with her life and anxiety?