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How Your Silence Fuels the Fire of Anxiety
Anxiety can burn inside you until you learn to snuff it by doing one thing.
Anxiety and depression can act like a house fire. It starts as a small flame ignited in your mind and can ravage your entire body unless the source is snuffed out. How we do stop the raging fire from coursing through our entire body, damaging everything in its way? By using our voice.
Scenario: You come home, after a long day at work. Your significant other (or children) greet you at the door with “Hey, what’s for supper?” There’s no “Hello, how was your day?” or “Hi honey, when should we start supper?”
Anxiety and frustration takes over and you stay silent. You know that if you voice your feelings it will either cause an argument or conflict, or you will come across as a “bitch”.
What you really want to say to him, is “You know what? I have had a long day and I want to relax before I make dinner, okay?” But you don’t. You want to make sure they get fed, so you pull out a quick meal, peeling vegetables and frying meat. As the meal is cooking, your mind is going 100 miles an hour with hurt feelings, exhaustion and frustration. You are tired and seething inside, but you do what is expected of you. AND, YOU STAY SILENT.
