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I feel like a failure!
I suffer bad anxiety and I’ve really been struggling with the thought of my little one being poorly lately. She’s had a funny tummy for a few days now and isn’t eating.
My heart knows that she’s okay and it is completely normal for little ones to feel unwell but my head keeps going into overdrive and I’m finding hard to cope with the idea that she might be sick! I can’t control how I feel and sometimes i feel like I might be loosing it.
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Thank you for the message, my LO is 2 years old. My anxiety has definitely got worse the older she gets (not sure why this is) We did have a health visitor but haven’t been seen for a while, I know I’m overreacting but it’s hard to keep myself calm at times x
Hi, I completely understand. Anxiety takes over doesn't it!! Do you know if your health visiting service have drop ins or a text service. My local one does and just being able to text and get a message back sometimes helps. Sometimes just writing it down makes me realise it's just anxiety and I don't even send it. I think as parents anxiety never goes away but I hope for you that it doesn't take away from the joy of being mummy too. Xx
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It's so tricky isn't it! How old is your LO? I feel the same and those niggling feelings always seem to win against reason don't they! What I have found is messaging my health visitor has helped, just to get advice or at least give me peace of mind. It doesn't always work because anxiety takes over but over time I can see when I'm overreacting. Do you have a health visitor service that you could message just for a quick check in when things are really worrying you? Xx