When people struggle with anxiety and depression, one thing to look out for are NEGATIVE inputs in our lives that only make it worse. This is especially true for children, and in my professional experience, young women. But it can be a problem for adults as well. Whether its the fear mongering 24/7 news, social media, or a family member or friend that "vents" all the time about everything. We love them, but they vomit toxic negativity on us constantly. THAT can become a real source of anxiety in our lives that can have physiological impacts. We feel it in our body. We no longer want to go to school or work, but we can't put a finger on why. It might be the case that for our own equanimity, for the protection of our own peace and joy, we have to either tell that person to stop, or cut them out of our lives. What's hard is that they might actually get worse over time, slowly, like the grass growing. Hard to notice. It didn't used to be this bad, and we do love them, but now it's out of control. It's all they do - complain about EVERYTHING. As much as we might need to cut bad habits or unhealthy foods out of our lives, we might have to cut some unhealthy people out of our lives as well. AMDG
