My Baby Has Anxiety
How do you tell the most beautiful little person you know that everything will be ok, when you don’t know if it really will?
You just do it. You tell them, “it will be alright.” No matter how hard it is, you don’t stop giving them hope. No matter what anyone else says or does, you keep that faith knowing in your heart that you will do whatever it takes to help everything be alright… even when the odds are stacked against you. That’s what you do.
I have a daughter whose heart is gold. She fills our lives with love, and she has more compassion than anyone I know. She also has anxiety. It’s the debilitating kind. It kicks in when you least expect it and it reaches it’s highs in ways no parent wants to see. It hurts her so much and there are days where there is nothing I can do to help her but hold her and love her.
People are quick to give advice on how to help her, and how to “fix” it… but unless you live it, you don’t understand. There is no “specific” answer to helping her. It changes daily. Something that works today could be the least effective tomorrow. I know in my heart that she will grow out of some of these struggles, but for now, helping her cope and work through her stresses are so hard, and so heartbreaking.
Tonight, I will go to bed with a pit in my stomach. I will lift my hands up to God and beg for his support through these times. I will pray for my baby, and for myself to have the strength to get through all of this, and I will keep my faith, and never lose hope, because that’s just what I need to do.
