How can I explain my anxiety to my partner?

Tell them how you're feeling using neutral language. If you need their support, ask for it. Be direct.

I try to make analogies to situations where most people would experience anxiety - like being cut off in traffic by a big rig. It's like that except for something way less obvious and non-life threatening. When it's not at that peak, it's like being afraid of that big rig jumping out at you, all the time. Hopefully that provides some frame of reference. I think being honest about your present mental state can also be really helpful so that they can understand how to identify when you're feeling anxious. Sometimes it's not so obvious.

Well, I find it hard explaining my anxiety the my family myself! I think others already know how anxiety feel like (unless of course they are super duper confident 110 percent all the time!), so I ask them for their experience about what worries them and what makes them nervous, then tell them that's how I feel a lot of the times but magnified when under certain situations.

Since anxiety is highly individual, I would think about a few things when explaining to your partner: What does anxiety feel like? What helps when you feel anxious? What situations cause anxiety? What are common thoughts you have when you are anxious, or that cause anxiety? Do you want to be touched when anxious? How can you best communicate with them when you are highly anxious? If your partner has little/no knowledge about mental illnesses, you may want to start by explaining that anxiety is not a choice or something you can just turn off, and that there are chemical aspects of it.

First of all, you have to understand your own anxiety. if you are at a point where you don't understand why you have it then you have more internal work to do. Once you figure this out, then together you can talk through it and come up with ways your partner can help. Tell them to think of situations where they get really scared or anxious, so that they could relate better!

You can describe how your feeling when your anxious and what sort of symptoms you feel, you could also ask your partner to have a read of the guide on anxiety on the 7 Cups Of Tea website

Go and simply tell them that you habe anxiety they will understand if you tell them times whem you acted like you shouldnt have...tell them you cant help it...and it would be nice if your partener would gelp you through the tym

just talk to them about what gives you anxiety show them how you feel when you go through that show them it is isnt just you being scared

Anxiety and especially panic attacks can be very difficult to control. Support can be everything, so make sure your partner is well aware of your needs when they are happening.

You can explain your anxiety to your partner by going into the conversation with a calm and positive attitude.