My lack of vocabulary made my family helpless. Exhausted by pointlessly trying to fix me, my partner sought advice from a psychologist. The tools he had weren’t working. He felt powerless. This psychologist handed him an article. “This is one of the best descriptions of anxiety I’ve read,” they said. “It will help you understand.”

On hope, listening and the language of mental illness.

https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/health-and-wellness/a-psychologist-handed-my-partner-an-article-to-help-with-my-anxiety-i-d-written-it-20230210-p5cjkr.html