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Questions From Others About My Mother’s Anxiety
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Why this sudden change in her demeanor? Wasn’t she fine a day back?
Why do you always trust her when she is in unease?
We think: Don’t you think she pretends?
Do you help her take her medicines on time?
Why don’t you visit her psychiatrist again?
Why the sleeplessness? Conflicts in family? What troubles her?
You are all grownups now: Can she try not to worry about you?
Do you find time to talk to her? Why are you so busy?
Why do you work so hard? What will you do with so much money?
Why is she always fatigued? Why constant complaints of muscle cramps?
Something must’ve happened at home: Did that something happen?
Homeopathy, fresh flowers, vitamins, small quacks/qualified quacks,
conjurers, meditations: Shall we help if you can’t?
Why are you scared when she goes out to meet people?
Why are you protective of her? Are her falls so dangerous?
Why does she hoard things in the house?
Why does she have your enormous support?
Why is she so submissive & respectful & forgiving?
If people taunt her, shouldn’t she answer?
Why do you interfere?
Why don’t you switch on the TV for her?
Why don’t you involve her in small chores?
Why does she want to pursue her hobbies at this age?
Why does she sit in one place?
Why does she have this restless pace?
Why does she take so much time to do one task?
Is her diet fine? Isn’t bland food good for her?
We think: Don’t you think she should pray fervently?
We feel: Don’t you feel God should forgive her?
Why can’t you fulfil her wishes to ease her worries?
Why are you storing so many sins of…
