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When Your Spouse is Struggling with ANXIETY

When Your Spouse is Struggling with ANXIETY

Last updated on: November 8, 2017 at 12:42 pm by Ashley Willis

When Your Spouse is Struggling with ANXIETY 2017-11-08T12:42:45-04:00 Ashley Willis

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5. We need your patience and compassion.

5. We need your patience and compassion.

Overcoming anxiety is a process that often takes lots of prayer, time, and counseling. Sometimes, medication is needed to help our brains regain and maintain the proper levels of serotonin. I went through years of counseling before I felt like I was able to overcome my anxiety.

I often felt guilty that I couldn’t shake the anxiety, and I remember telling Dave that he deserved a better wife who wasn’t crazy. He would always take my hands, stare straight into my eyes, and assure me that I am his one and only and that we would get through this together. I don’t think I would have recovered without his steadfast support, patience, and compassion. I am forever thankful to him for truly living out the marital vow of “in sickness and in health” during those long, difficult years.

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