Dear Kylin:

You are suffering from anxiety and you are one of many millions of people suffering from anxiety. Anxiety is not a unique, strange “mental health issue”. Personally, I do not know of a single person who is free from anxiety. Anxiety is always unpleasant and your particular anxiety is exhausting you and makes your life miserable. But something can be done about it, lessen it, make your life better.

You wrote that seeing a professional is not an option because you may lose your job as a result. Does that include seeing a psychotherapist/ counselor, one who does not prescribe drugs? Is seeing a counselor not a confidential thing, just between you and the counselor?

One more question: you wrote, “I need the money to.. support my parents… I do not have a support system, with my parents telling me it’s all in my head”-

Do you think it is fair that you support your parents but they do not support you?

anita