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- Bhappy
- Date posted
- 3y ago
you are not crazy. you are not your thoughts. i think to some degree that is a perfectly normal fear however you are allowing it to consume you so of course you’re exhausted. i know what it’s like to feel addicted to anxiety. for me in an odd way, i find comfort in my anxiety. i don’t know what it’s like to not worry and have a clear mind. i’m so used to having all these obsessions that when i am at peace or find happiness, i find a way to mess it up. enjoy your first house!! that’s amazing! don’t let anxiety take you from the present. being a concerned mom is no problem. but don’t let the anxiety consmume you. it’s just good old fashion OCD.
Thank you 🙏🏼 for your kind words. I feel the same way you do about anxiety. I don’t know how but I need to detox and heal from this anxiety and all the chemicals/hormones it produces in my body. I need clarity to enjoy life again.
Ahh I’m sorry you have to exaperience that. I’m not personally a mother but I couldn’t even begin to imagine how distressing it would be to have my intrusive thoughts relate to my kid. However this could be a perfect instance to try to challenge your intrusive thoughts. Fridges have been around for Almost a hundred years, and if they were that bad for your health it would be actively advised. Also as a college student I can promise you I know a lot of kids who sleep next to a wine cooler or mini fridge of some sort and still be healthy.
Awe friend, we can’t protect our children from everything in the world. Life would be so boring and pointless if we spent all of our time just worrying about safety. If we are all going to die anyway, we may as well enjoy our time on earth.
Maybe, good advice but mysejf at 59!yrs old, two sons Army vets I still feel I can’t protect my kids…. It’s not fun .,. I know it’s reality but still Not fun
I always believe that this need to protect my kids against everything will go away once they’re adults but, from your comment, it might continue… 😢
My thinking is it’s my job to protect them But I know I can’t, to most things, that’s what I’d getting tired me I know I can’t
I have severe OCD and I experience all different types of intrusive thoughts and compulsions I fucking hate it! But one thing I struggle with the most is POCD! It makes me violently sick and disturbed but I know it’s not me and I know it’s not true but then why do I feel so disgusting? I have two children, one 5 and the other is 1, I don’t want to change my daughters nappys I don’t want to get her dressed (of course I do because I don’t have a choice) but it triggers me so bad and gets me in a state, I don’t know how to get over this I’ve had this certain thought for over six weeks and I can’t do it anymore, I’m so distressed they deserve better, why can’t I just be a normal person, I’ve actually thought about giving them up over these thoughts it’s breaking me and it’s breaking my heart, I actually can’t try beat this anymore.
I suffer with harm and intrusive thoughts about my children. Sometimes I'm good sometimes I feel like a crazed woman. I was trying to put my 2 year old to bed last night and I was so scared something was going to happen but I fought through and my son was being wild as always lol and jumping on my belly and I had my hand on his chest for support and then he moved and I scratched him right below his neck on accident but when I woke up this morning I felt like I did something bad. This constant worry is driving me mad. I know deep down it was an accident but my OCD brain wants me to think it was intentional. Can ANYONE RELATE/? I FEEL SO ALONE
I have been with my SO going in 13 years now. We met in college and have been together ever since. We got married in 2021 and welcomed a baby girl in the world last year. I had a severe mental breakdown in 2013 that landed me in the hospital because I was contemplating suicide. That breakdown nearly destroyed our relationship. I had severe intrusive thoughts and felt the need to tell him all of them. I felt like if I didn’t tell him, I was lying. I destroyed his self esteem, telling him all of the mean thoughts I had about him. I would feel the need to tell him anytime I saw an attractive guy in public, I questioned our relationship and told him I wasn’t sure if I loved him anymore. It was bad and very dark. Fast forward to now and I feel like I’m letting him down in different ways. I don’t feel the need to tell him every thought I have now but since having my daughter my OCD and depression seem to be getting worse. I just feel like I’m no longer happy and my daughter should’ve had a mom that wasn’t damaged like me. Didn’t have the abusive childhood like me. Wasn’t broken like me. I feel so much guilt. It’s putting such a strain on our relationship and I feel like my husband deserves someone better. Someone whose happier.
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