My sister has had anxiety but our ways to cope is a bit different. I tell my mom and sister and my husband. My dad knows but we don't really talk about it. Many of my friends know I have some type of problem, but I never really had a chance to elaborate on it. It seems like whenever I do, they have their own problems so it's hard to explain for me. I guess I don't want pity either. I have stopped hanging out with friends unless my husband is there (which is only the weekends or when I go visit him.) This is because my friends live far away and I don't drive far away and I don't like to call people over because I live in someone else's house. But being absent from friends like this really has got me thinking who I want as my friends. For the first time I think I have time to think for myself also. But my goal is to meet new and old people alone again, one day.