My teenage daughter and I both have anxiety and when one of us gets triggered, it sets off the other one in this escalating loop that my husband doesn't understand. He tries to be the calm voice of reason but that just makes us both feel more isolated and like we're the 'crazy' ones in the family.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two family members with similar stress vulnerabilities are co-regulating poorly while a third member's attempts to help inadvertently increase their sense of isolation.
“Where Are You with Stress — the psychology and biology?”
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