@kratz5. Are you asking about the medications? That's something to talk with your 16-year-old's doctor about. In the US and Canada, family doctors (general practitioners) prescribe antidepressants that can work well for GAD and other anxiety disorders.
@talbot Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. As you can see, a few members have already expressed their thoughts on "tough love".
I am curious as to the basis for your question. Is this something that has been suggested to you or a loved one? How do you define "tough love"? If you would share a bit more information, we will be happy to chime in with collective experiences!
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The concern about "tough love" with gad I suspect is a fearful one related to health shame (being told one is weak or lesser, demeaned, shamed for not simply "getting over it" or "pushing through it" as health shamers say "everyone does").
Thank 🧡 you.
I do not believe in tough love. It so often devolves into berating.
I have often been enabled, but that is not love. When I have been enabled it has more often than not been to make the enabler feel better not to help me.
Worst of all there are times when I enable others because I don’t love the other enough to do the hard things they need.
Questioning whether or not I should use “tough love” answers itself, I know what I need to do.
The question is do I love the other enough to do it? I want to love everyone enough to do what is needed not what is easy.
I used to give money to the homeless, it made me feel better for not seeing them,
I still give money, but now I try to stop and talk with a person who is suffering “homelessness” and give them a hug, if they’ll let me.
It heals both of us a little. That’s is the kind of love I need.
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The concern about "tough love" with gad I suspect is a fearful one related to health shame (being told one is weak or lesser, demeaned, shamed for not simply "getting over it" or "pushing through it" as health shamers say "everyone does").
Thank 🧡 you.
I do not believe in tough love. It so often devolves into berating.
I have often been enabled, but that is not love. When I have been enabled it has more often than not been to make the enabler feel better not to help me.
Worst of all there are times when I enable others because I don’t love the other enough to do the hard things they need.
Questioning whether or not I should use “tough love” answers itself, I know what I need to do.
The question is do I love the other enough to do it? I want to love everyone enough to do what is needed not what is easy.
I used to give money to the homeless, it made me feel better for not seeing them,
I still give money, but now I try to stop and talk with a person who is suffering “homelessness” and give them a hug, if they’ll let me.
It heals both of us a little. That’s is the kind of love I need.
I hope everyone lives in peace and good health.