My Dad, who has expressed himself that he doesn't understand mental health, told me that "if I can't control my anxiety, I need to be in a mental health hospital".

I tried to explain to him, after having an anxiety attack for like eight hours that I cannot control it nor can I just "turn it off".

I explained that I try and distract myself, do breathing exercises and whatever else but I couldn't turn it off.

His response was that if it was that bad, that he needed to ring the mental health hospital and take me there. He also said that it isn't normal to not be in "control" of your emotions and that if you can't control them you need to be admitted to hospital.

This terrified me so much, it made me feel like I was insane, and that I was going to have a mental breakdown.

I don't know if this was his way of expressing concern but in my opinion, this wasn't helpful at all. It increased my anxiety so much more and made me scared that I was losing my mind. Today I feel like going insane because someone else has told me that if you're not in control of your emotions you essentially need to be locked away.

He's aware I've been in contact with my doctors and the mental health team for my area for help. They've said I've basically been through a three year period of chronic stress which has essentially given me generalised anxiety, agoraphobia, depression.

Is what he said true?