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Ask Amy: Boundary-building feels like control

Amy Dickinson, Tribune Content Agency on

My mother obsessively worried about me. Her overwhelming anxiety led me to avoid opening up to her about my life in many, many ways. By the way, my mother is now 99 years old.

She’s worried her entire life and, for my sanity, I still find myself keeping an emotional distance from her.

– Still Having Fun

Dear Fun: Anxiety profoundly affects relationships.

 

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(You can email Amy Dickinson at askamy@amydickinson.com or send a letter to Ask Amy, P.O. Box 194, Freeville, NY 13068. You can also follow her on Twitter @askingamy or Facebook.)

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