One of the worst aspects of developing anxiety issues in your 20s or beyond after surviving really shitty circumstances is that you start to get angry at yourself. You start to wonder why it is, after surviving abuse, that you’re now feeling the effects of anxiety. You made it all this way, got away from the people who hurt you, and yet now more than ever, you feel the anxiety. It becomes frustrating beyond belief and you feel ashamed and start to blame yourself. Of course, you know it’s not your fault. Rationally speaking, anyway. But your body won’t cooperate and your mind’s already racing.
This is just my experience though, maybe.