When Your Spouse is Struggling with ANXIETY

5.  We need your patience and compassion.

Overcoming anxiety is a process that often takes lots of prayer, time, and counseling.  Sometimes, medication is needed to help our brains regain and maintain the proper levels of serotonin.  I went through years of counseling before I felt like I was able to overcome my anxiety.

I often felt guilty that I couldn’t shake the anxiety, and I remember telling Dave that he deserved a better wife who wasn’t crazy.  He would always take my hands, stare straight into my eyes, and assure me that I am his one and only and that we would get through this together.  I don’t think I would have recovered without his steadfast support, patience, and compassion.  I am forever thankful to him for truly living out the marital vow of “in sickness and in health” during those long, difficult years.