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Is it normal that underage drinking makes me anxious? My girlfriend got drunk once three years ago as a (negative) coping mechanism for her depression, but it really freaks me out and I had panic attacks for a year. I don't understand what's so bad about it in my head, but it just...is.
i kinda feel u?
i cant bear drinking alcohol at all after taking care of my brother getting drunk every weeked for 2 years causing me terrible stress and even aiding depression.
everytime people drink around me...i can only remember the very worst times - the accidents, the time he got a concussion while drunk, the time we couldn't wake him up at all afte rhe passed out, his aggressiveness and fights...though irrational everytime someone drinks around me there's a part of me that says 'this persons going to be just as bad as your brother' and i get so anxious my stomach begins to ache.
so yeah. i guess it's classical conditioning. linking a negative/stressful feeling to drinking, so everytime people underage drink the associated feelings of distress come up.