Anxiety in Marriage:
How Counseling May Help

Anxiety can powerfully impact even the healthiest of marriages. If you or your partner is experiencing anxiety the other may become the receiver of misdirected anger or mistrust. Without proper intervention, anxiety may strain your relationship and further complicate your symptoms. 

Trauma and Anxiety

If you have experienced a traumatic event you may find that memories, thoughts and feelings of that experience still impact your daily life. Distressing memories and emotions may come flooding back when something reminds you of what you went through. Anxiety is a natural reaction to trauma.

Anxiety may be triggered by a distressing experience from the past that you or your partner may be trying to forget. Despite your best efforts, this unpleasant experience may reemerge because of a stressor or event. An illness, crisis, death in the family, financial problems or other traumatic experience can awaken these old feelings that you or your partner thought were long gone.

When Your Partner Experiences Anxiety

Anxiety can strain even the most loving relationships. The spouse experiencing anxiety may experience symptoms or exhibit behaviors that can hurt, offend or even abuse the other party without intending to. When anxiety is troubling you, day to day concerns such as; parenting, finances, intimacy and life outside the home may appear larger and may, therefore, be more difficult to resolve together.

Anxiety can potentially make a person more irritable and quick to anger. Even routine occurrences within the home may cause someone with anxiety to react differently. These reactions may drive a wedge between you causing intense arguments or even indifference.

Help from a Marriage Therapist or Couples Counselor

Anxiety can be overwhelming. You cannot control everything in life, it is possible that a distressing experience can stir your old pains and vulnerabilities. When this happens, it can be important that both of you seek greater understanding. When this happens, seeing a therapist may help both of you.

Anxiety is powerful but you are not powerless. If you are in the midst of a marital conflict related to symptoms of anxiety, you and your spouse may need help from a marriage counselor. Your needs can be addressed with Carolina Counseling Services – Fuquay-Varina, NC. Licensed, independently contracted therapists are available to help you and your spouse face anxiety as a team. Call CCS today to schedule your first appointment!

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