Thanksgiving weekend, when drinks are flowing and people are laughing but one story, my story was not the same. 

We talked about this pair of earrings I’d had bought for me and why I never wore them; I went into how I was to afraid to wear them and how much the fact of possibly losing them impacted me mentally. 

I told a story about losing jewellery when I was young (10 + years ago) which to me made sense; how this could have possibly triggered what I was feeling. In comes MIL…

“How could you not wear them” - “They are beautiful you should where them everywhere” - my response (basically) - “ I can’t because losing them is to big of a possibility” 

MIL - “you need anxiety pills” - “you need to take pills so you don’t have that” - “you need pills” 

My response was to walk away from the situation but this obviously isn’t a long term solution… there is so much more but explaining. Or working through even this small situation might help in the grand scheme. 

If anyone has some words of wisdom in the situation or wants to no more please agenda me a message me; thank you!