Dear Thomas:

Then there is hope for the friendship to continue and even improve.

Best you can do for the sake of this friendship and for your own well-being is manage your anxiety better so that you suffer less and less of it. Quality psychotherapy can help.

Anxiety is really the human condition. Everyone is anxious, some more than others at any one time. There are lots of strategies to manage and lower anxiety levels, lots of literature, books (libraries, book stores, online). There is plenty on the Home Page of this website.

anita