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Feeling lost

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microwavetable · 19/10/2018 12:54

I'm not sure if I'm a terrible person who just can't settle, but I have 2 very young children and over the last week I've been feeling sentimental and emotional about my life before children.
I really don't know why I'm feeling this way because I love them both so much, but right now I could quite happily leave them both and DH behind and just run away.

I feel trapped. I have no friends now, no social life, no job and I don't love DH anymore and want to leave but can't.
I can feel the panic rising and the adrenaline kicking in but what can I do? Nothing.

I've tried reconnecting with friends but it's just not the same now I've had children. I've tried making new friends at baby groups and again not the same. I'm a terrible shy and awkward person and it takes me so long to make a good friend, that I just wish I had made more effort to keep up contact when dc1 was newborn.

Aargh! Anyone else get these feelings or am I just a total nut job and need to see a professional?

OP posts:
BlueBrush · 19/10/2018 15:22

Bumping for you.
I think it's really normal to miss your pre-children life from time to time. Can I ask how old your children are? Is there anything in particular that is making you feel this way now, or have you always felt like this? Or is it something that's been coming on slowly?
(Apologies in advance if you reply, and it takes me a while to post again.)
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