Anxiety Disorders: A Dialogue Analysis

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As our dialogue was in full swing and I felt more comfortable sharing, the similarities of my circumstance and Kathy’s are striking. She too is having issues in regards to her Mental Health and the situation is now reverse, Kathy is having difficulties talking about her mental state. I noticed that she became more and more subdued the longer I conveyed about my anxiety, depression, and stress. I realized that this is a dialogue, a dyadic communication between best friends. Thus, I asked her what’s going on, and the role is now reverse with me on the actively listening side. I picked up a thing or two from my therapist and how he conducts our sessions, one thing that I learned and worked well with my experience was asking how I felt with leading …show more content…
The minute I said I was having that thoughts, she became downcast and retreated to herself. I realized this was my time to addressed the problem because if not, I don’t think she’ll ever vocally addressed it. I asked probing and leading questions as a way to get her to talk and elaborate more about what she’s currently going on her mind. I remembered to be mindful, I don’t want her to feel like I was manipulating her to open up to me, rather, I stated it plainly that she hasn’t been her usual self in the past couple of months and that paved the way for her to release her feelings, emotions, and thoughts. The dialogue then became harder and emotional to the both of us. I haven’t been to that situation, therefore, I cannot really fully understand the scope of her circumstance, however, the best that I can do is to empathize with her as she was doing with me earlier in our conversation. I think she believed so evil about her actions but I truly believed she did what she thought was best for her, and that to me was enough, she made a decision for her future physical and emotional well-being and that should be acknowledged rather than put aside. I took a deep breath and slightly raised my voice to conveyed this all to her and I just hope that in the near future she’ll be able to see it, and use it as a motivation to strive forward to healthier