Firstly, dd is 15 months old so I don't even know if this is still possible, but I'm concerned I might be displaying signs of pnd. I thought I might be prone to it due to previous anxiety based depression episodes, and the couple of questionnaires the hv does to check made her concerned initially, but I seemed to be coping okay really. However, my dad died in the summer and I went back to work early Autumn and now I have just about made it through the festive period but I'm just so, so, so tired. I try not to think about my dad as it just makes me so sad, and it seems like all I want to do is go to bed and sleep. If I'm up I'm so cranky with dd, I have such a short temper, and I just feel like I'm doing a terrible job as a mum. I also feel like I'm doing a crap job at work, so it's not as if all my efforts are going into that. I don't feel like I can enjoy any time with dd and DH does such a better job at parenting than me. I worry constantly about stupid things, but I always have, and now my worries/anxieties are mainly around dd and how crap a mum I'm being. I'm not sure if I'm feeling so awful just now because I'm so tired, or if it could be signs of PND starting? All I know is I want to hide in my bed until it all goes away, and it frightens me that I don't want dd around while I do this. Any thoughts/advice?
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could this be pnd? or am I just exhausted?
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carvedpumpkin · 03/01/2014 19:17
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