Is this something we absorb from others or is it something we are told about over and over: If you say 'yes' to something you must do it, otherwise you are letting people down ........ a constant from my mother.
I ask because a young snow boarder ended her Life on her 18th birthday. It was stated by her father that she had suffering mental health issues in the past [so why was she still competing
] and that because she had missed a flight she would have felt that she was letting others down.
Should we be so beholden that it is serious enough for people to end their Lives ...... being told that I would be letting people down caused such high levels of anxiety that I dreaded saying 'yes' to stuff because I knew that the anticipatory anxiety could floor me. I don't know how many events that I had panic attacks prior to or after and have lost count of the places I went when all I needed to do was curl up ..........
