Health and death anxiety.
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My first was 10 weeks preemie and suffered a stoke at birth, I dealt with severe depression, anxiety, and ocd - which also caused me to stutter, shake or jerk/twitch depending on how burnt out I was.. It is normal to have those intrusive with a lot of extra responsibility as long as they’re not taking over and disrupting normal life. Be patient with yourself love, being a mum is wild! Does your therapist give you tools to manage and work yourself out of these thoughts/feelings?
omg i thought it was just me and i was going crazy! i almost had a panic attack while doing a first aid course because i couldn’t stop thinking about how one day someone may need to do all that on me or i might need to do cpr on my daughter
This is normal - if you have an anxiety disorder. Which I do, so I get it! I’ve 100% had my spirals with health anxiety and it still creeps up on me every now and then. It’s great you have a psych and hopefully they’re giving you techniques to try to manage your anxiety. If you’re a googler like me, stop. Truely. It’s like a compulsion and you feel like maybe the next search will give you your grand answer but unfortunately it won’t 🥲 Anyway you’re not alone! Message me if you ever need extra support :)
The past couple of years I have really struggled when it comes to my children. I have a massive vomiting phobia and just constantly worried they are going to wake during the night sick and this gives me so much anxiety. You can only imagine when one of my children are actually sick, how I feel. I’m very lucky to have such a supportive husband though
Not extreme anxiety over here but definitely not going to bungee jump or sky dive like 10 years ago completely fearless. I'm doing my best to stay on this planet as long as possible to see the most so staying healthy exercising etc... everything above that is out of my control. But not going to do anything extreme or risky. Also this disease X going around in Africa kind of added to my anxiety today 🤣. We will die our children will die and their children will die etc... it's inevitable. Good you're seeking for help. Being worried is part of parenthood. Of course if it is taking over your day then it's good you're seeking help. My stand to this is what I can do I'll do to keep my family and myself healthy and not going to do any risky sports etc... honestly even if I broke a leg would be horrible who would do everything 🤣 but natural disasters or accidents is not something we can do much about other than being extra cautious when outdoors / driving/ etc... lock your car doors.. I'm scared of being highjacked