Why do I feel constantly anxious at home?

Guest_83020009

For context I’m 18 years old and still live at home with my parents, I’m fully employed and will be 19 soon, other than living at home I am independent when it comes to taking care of myself.
I stay at my friends house for a few days a week when I’m not working and I’m usually relaxed there, I’ve noticed a phenomenon where if I forget to take my medication while there I do not have withdrawals or any sort of anxiety, same goes for physical issues i have such as my constant stomach aches,

but the moment I return to my own house which I’ve grown up in my whole life I become anxious, begin feeling withdrawals from forgetting my medication, and all my stomach issues return.

for some more context both of my elder siblings have moved out leaving me and my parents at the house, I didn’t have this problem when they still lived with me but now it’s just me and my parents I feel constantly anxious and sick,

I will admit since my siblings moved out my parents have been keeping a strange close eye on me which they never did to my siblings, it’s as if they’ve tightened the leash on me since I’ve become a adult which I think might be contributing to my anxiety at home.

but the bizarre thing is when I’m at my best friends house I feel normal about everything without a worry or anxious tendencies, but whenever I return home all my issues return

D4rk

Have you tried to sit and talk either them. Would they been open to listening to.how you feel

smallwolf

Hello and welcome to the forums. Thank you for sharing your story with us.

I'm a little unclear on how things look when you're at home on your medication, but setting that aside, it sounds like being at home is causing you a great deal of stress. While my own past issues were work-related, it was my physical symptoms that ultimately forced me to realize something was wrong.

Your situation also reminds me of how my parents treated me compared to my brother. They were deeply concerned about my wellbeing, but in doing so, they barely allowed me to experience life. It felt like being kept on a leash. My brother, on the other hand, had much more freedom during his teens and twenties.

Is there someone you trust outside of the family whom you could talk to about this, just to get another perspective?

I hope some of this resonates with you.