I freak out about everything!?!?! Is this normal?!
Question: I worry about everything.... My son is taking nap now and i checked on him twice. Ever since I became a mother 7 months ago that all i do is worry about my son and his furture. I eve told my husband i dont want him playing football. Some little boy walked up to him and i picked up my son so he wouldnt touch because the little boy was sick.
I know its normal to worry but am i freaking out about it to much??
Ive just been a nervous wreck. ive always had aniexty issues even to the point where i was lexapro because of panic attacks which i have to say worked wonders. I havent taken lexapro in years and i am able to calm myself when I freak out. But here lately now that I am a mother its been so hard. Now im depressed from all of my worrying.
Any advice??
Answers: I worry about everything.... My son is taking nap now and i checked on him twice. Ever since I became a mother 7 months ago that all i do is worry about my son and his furture. I eve told my husband i dont want him playing football. Some little boy walked up to him and i picked up my son so he wouldnt touch because the little boy was sick.
I know its normal to worry but am i freaking out about it to much??
Ive just been a nervous wreck. ive always had aniexty issues even to the point where i was lexapro because of panic attacks which i have to say worked wonders. I havent taken lexapro in years and i am able to calm myself when I freak out. But here lately now that I am a mother its been so hard. Now im depressed from all of my worrying.
Any advice??
you love your son more than anything else in the world,but don't let your love give lot of trouble to your son.ease up.everything will be easy.he is too small as grows older you will find everything is OK,o.k?
As a new mother, it is normal to freak out about everything, for a while. However, you must get past this, as it is causing other issues in your life, like depression and possible panic attacks.
Go to your doctor, get an exam and talk about your feelings, issues and depression. I suggest you explore the options of medication so that you can get past this issue in your life at this time.
You cannot keep your child away from other children and keep out of sports because of your irrational fears.
Please seek doctor assistance.
It is normal to " freak out " where your kids are concerned. Any good mother does it, it shows you care. Although, it sounds to me like you are taking it to the extreme. I think that your problem is that you are too over protective. It is obvious that you only want the best for your son, but treating him like that is doing him much more harm then good. It will really start to effect him when he grows up. How will he cope with going to school ? For that matter, how will you cope ? How is he ever going to learn to be independent ? Think about it. He will start to resent you. Just take a step back and let him be like normal little boy. Let him enjoy his childhood. Yes, he will get sick, and yes, he is going to get hurt. Things like these are natural stages in a child's development. It will not make you a bad mother. You do not want people to refer to him as The boy who is not allowed to do anything do you ? I know this sounds harsh but you need to look at things rationally, enter reality.
i don't have any advice really, but what i can say is being a mom changes everything. you see everything differently. i can't watch the news without relating some incident to my littlun or worrying about the state of the world i brought him into. i can't read books with sad endings, or with children in them or horror books cos i obsess about it for days after. talking to colleagues it seems it's the same for lots of moms, it's just how you cope and let it out.
so i guess the only advice is to relax. if your littlun catches a few bugs, then overall it'll make him stronger if he can fight off the infection, but i know exactly what you're saying. i just wanna wrap my little guy up in cotton wool and protect him from everything but that's not going to be good for him in the long run. life is experience. let him live it a little, just keep him as safe as you can and do the best that you can, that's all you can do.
(and i keep taking the antidepressants which help too ...)
:)
No. Chill out, lady.......