I can relate too. I was diagnosed a few weeks ago, read the definition and it fit perfectly. My therapist did some testing and discovered it and i told my mom about it (the 3 of us havent talked about the anxiety test results yet together) and my mom tries to understand it but she just dosent, sometimes she makes comments about how im making it up just to get out of doing something or to get attention ( lol, thats the last thing i want!) I have 1 really good friend that knows about it and we share everything i really want her to understand it so that when/if i have a break down ( or panic attack, which i do a lot) she will know what to do b/c people tend to freak out. Shes really accepting about it and really wants to learn about it so she can help me but then there are days when i am talkin to her and she just dosent understand, which i guess is normal b/c ( thank the Lord!) she dosent have it.
I really dont know what its like not to have it althought i wish i didnt have it a lot of the time. I mean do people really go to restraunts and eat there? Go to movies without thinking everyone is waiting for them to talk at the wrong moment? Or do people really say hi to neighbors without reassesing everything they said and how their tone was after saying 2 or 3 words to the person?
Ok i really rambled on and on there but my point is that yes, i understand