I'm almost 30 years old and happily married, but yet I have this completely irrational fear of being alone in my house. This has caused some problems in the past in my marriage for obvious reasons (I used to get upset if my husband was going to be gone for on the weekends b/c I'd be alone)...I'd have panic attacks and cry and just be plain terrified. I got over the day trip issues by reading a book or by inviting a friend over for a girly movie, and things have been fine for quite some time.
However, a surprize business trip, an overnighter, has come up and my husband will be gone Thursday night. I immediately got angry and told him no, but I told him later that it wasn't him I was mad at, and in fact I wasn't really mad at all, just scared. Even now, thinking of being alone in my house is causing my eyes to burn and my stomach to clinch.
I was left alone a lot as a child, I was the only child of a single mother and she had to work.
Any input as to how to cope on Thursday?
2007-05-22
07:21:35
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brookebjpl
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Mental Health