Intrusive thoughts
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Absolutely My baby is almost 3 and i have these thoughts. Its our instinct to protect our young. It keeps us alert
Yeah girl 😂 all the crazy thoughts. I don’t know…. it’s a bummer but I think it’s normal to a certain extent. We are hard wired on a cellular level to protect these little nuggets ✨
@Rosie yes!! Omg the dog thing 😂😂🤦🏻♀️ I feel a bit more normal now!!
@seo yeah I never thought of it like that! I’m on super alert 😂
@Sabrina very true! It just makes me not want to leave the house 😭😭
@Zara can I ask how old your little one is and how safe your neighbourhood is? If they’re young and you’re freshly postpartum it might be a natural instinct to be nesting rather than out. If they’re older and there is nothing rational to fear then yeah that’s different - def something to slowly work through and maybe eventually talk to someone about 🤎 the journey into motherhood is wild
I’m sorry to hear you’re feeling so anxious all the time. If it’s making you not want to leave the house and you’re feeling that way all the time, I think it would benefit you to speak to someone. Maybe you have postnatal anxiety. It might be more common than I think and it’s definitely possible Im in the minority, but I’ve never had thoughts like this x
All the time and what @Rosie said. My mind is always thinking of wat ifs. It drives me nuts
@Sabrina she’s 2 weeks hun. My neighbour hood is safe, I like in Sheffield so there’s so parts that are nicer than others. But I guess bad things can happen anywhere. I’m defiantly more content at home just going for little walks etc. xx
Omg 😂 girl I didn’t leave the house for the first three months - stay home! Your whole body is spiritually and physically open from birth it makes sense that you don’t feel comfortable being out and about yet
@Sabrina 😂😂😂 well that makes me feel better!! Thank you 🩷🩷🩷
Yup, along with ‘what if I drop him coming down the stairs’, ‘what if I accidentally bump his head when opening doors’ Hasn’t gone away either, he’s just turned 3 and I’m scared whenever he’s too far away from me or if there’s a dog off a lead running around I worry it’ll attack him 😞 the list goes on… I don’t think the anxiety will ever end, just need to develop coping mechanisms.