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What are you currently worried about?

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BentBaastard · 25/06/2019 20:17

For me

Ds17 is waiting to hear if he’s got the job he applied for and interviewed for on Friday. I’m desperate for him to get it but trying to be as laid back as he is being.

Ds14 is away on a residential with very little information on Twitter and no contact for 7 days. I miss him.

Dh hates his job and wants to leave immediately without a job to go to.

My friend has just found out she’s got cancer in nearly all the orifices in her body from an unchecked mole. I’m devastated for her and worried.

Sorry this isn’t very cheerful but it’s quite cathartic to write it down.

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FrenchyQ · 25/06/2019 22:32

DD20 is going to South Africa next month and I'm worried how she'll deal with being away from home after her suicide attempt last year.

DH is out of work at the moment and all the jobs hes interviewing for are significantly less money than he was previously paid, I worry we won't cope.

I'm worried about my own health...I feel unwell alot, have had blood tests done but nothing showed up, waiting for scan appointment.

BentBaastard · 25/06/2019 22:53

That’s a tough one Frenchy with your daughter...... 💐💐

I feel stupidly anxious tonight.

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SadVillageGirl · 25/06/2019 22:58

I think my children hate me and it's killing me.

I'm suffering from severe depression and I want to die but the CMHT are too busy to see me and Crisis told me to ring the Samaritans.

My partner gave me chlamydia but denies cheating on me.

I can't see any benefits of moving on from any of this.

BrokenWing · 25/06/2019 23:15

Ds is on school trip to Europe, where it is 35+ degrees and I bet he hasn't put on sunscreen well. A work college lost his daughter in a coach crash on a school trip many years ago, I'll just be glad when ds is home.

Mum is getting older, more frail and is fed up with life and more demanding. I feel unkind as I can't make it any better for her without visiting 7 days a week after FT work or all weekend and ignoring my own family/life.

Kpo58 · 25/06/2019 23:42

I'm worried about DD global development delay and if she will ever catch up.

I'm also worried about if I will win the eBay auction for a soft toy that DS really likes, as his one has gone missing from coming back from a couple of days away.

Bluerussian · 25/06/2019 23:54

Health, both mine and my husband's.

Babyroobs · 26/06/2019 00:18

I'm currently worried about my work situation - whether I should give my new job longer ( I hate it) or try to get back to my old workplace whilst I can. Have thought of nothing else much recently.
My 18 year old son is on his first lads holiday away and I'm worried he is going to lose his passport/ fall off a balcony etc.

RangerLady · 26/06/2019 00:38

That dd2 will only sleep on my lap and only if I am sat up right. DH won't help at night as he believes she should be left to cry so I am exhausted as I can't allow that.

That dd1 hates me or will grow up to hate me as I am an awful.mother. I about all the time and am so critical of her.

That I'll get pregnant as that would be awful.

That our house is about to fall down/ bankrupt us. It's 500 years old and I've found evidence of woodworm.

That society will collapse in my lifetime. Pretty sure this will happen and worried for my daughter's.

Basically if I'm not worrying I worry I've forgotten to worry about something

RangerLady · 26/06/2019 00:39

That should say I shout all the time but my predictive text repeatedly disagrees

TheInebriati · 26/06/2019 00:43

SadVillageGirl Flowers I've been there, are you taking AD's?

I have a suspicious dark mark on my toenail. Because the dermatologist can't say for certain what it is, he cant get funding to treat it. So I have to wait and see Confused

DogbertDogglesworth · 26/06/2019 00:49

If its going to rain at the weekend.

Bluesheep8 · 26/06/2019 05:46

My Dad. He has been in full time care since March as he has Parkinson's with Parkinson's dementia and has better and worse days.
My step mum (tied in with the above)
I worry about not being able to spend enough time with family as I live in a different area
I worry about hardly having any pension Confused

TakenForSlanted · 26/06/2019 05:54

Brexit. I'm an expat and while my legal status is temporarily sorted this may change at any moment given the way local legislation works. Considering asking a friend to marry me.

That stupid Russian two floors above me who complains about everything all night long. She makes me feel anxious about sitting on the patio with my dinner because she'll be down to complain when it smells too strongly of food.

The fact that my boss is expecting me to most of his work because his boss expects him to get the lion's share of his done. And that there are five people of equal seniority to either him or me who don't pull their weight. It's not sustainable and it's all going to come crashing down like a house of cards.

Otterses · 26/06/2019 07:16

Oh, where to begin OP.

I'm worried that I haven't made a single friend in the 6 weeks since we've lived here. We tried the only free group locally for a few weeks, but they were really nasty and critical about me working full time. They aren't interested in talking to me no matter how hard I try to make conversation, so I'm worried I must just be completely un-likeable.

I'm worried that DS hates me. We can't afford groups or activities at the moment till I'm back at work, we go to the park, and do loads round the house and in the garden, but he's stuck with just me for company. He must be fed up. Before we moved he had, and deserves, so much more than I can give him. I just worry I don't make him happy and that my financial situation is causing him to fall behind and be unhappy.

I'm worried about my job. I've had a conditional offer for two months, and I can't start till they have my final reference and my last manager is ignoring all requests/claiming he's sent it/you name it. Nursery have been holding DS's place, but are now saying he needs to start within the next three weeks, which I can't afford if I'm not working. I'm worried I'll have a job but no childcare. Or worse, my new employer will get sick of waiting and I'll have no job, no money, and no childcare and be stuck with no one other than DS to talk to till he goes to school. I feel horrible saying that. I really do. I love him so much, but I can't cope without adult conversation and my career stalling. The job market here is awful, I'd be really unlikely to find something else if I lose out on this job.

I'm worried about how heavy my period is, how much pain I'm in and how I'm going to manage to look after DS alone today.

And I'm worried about DH who's going away for six months after Christmas. If I can't cope with looking after DS on my own for five weeks now, how am I going to cope with that on top of working full time? And I'm worried about his safety while he's away Sad

IDontGiveABagOfDicks · 26/06/2019 07:26

DD1. Due to start secondary in September. For some bizarre reason the council gave us an out of catchment school, which is 2 buses and an awkward walk, despite the fact that there were places at the catchment school (she also attends the feeder primary!). So I asked the council to give her that school - back in March. All okay as far as I could tell from the email chain, they said they’d done it and she had a place. Only yesterday I was told that they didn’t add the school till early this month and there are now no places. She won’t be happy about this Sad I’m appealing but don’t have any hope tbh.

This has a knock on for DD2 and DD3, who are in primary and day care whilst I’m at work. The secondary is the same site as the primary, meaning DD1&2 can still walk together. Only now they can’t. Primary and day care are in opposite directions then I have to get myself to work, and I don’t drive.

Yay.

BentBaastard · 26/06/2019 08:39

Hope everyone is ok today.

I slept really badly last night and thrashed about a lot.....😰😰

Still no word from the job ds applied for. I think that’s giving me most anxiety at the moment.

Ds2 will be back on Friday.
I’m hoping DH is all talk and won’t actually quit.

I daren’t think long term about my friend.
I have a horrible knot in my stomach and a lump in my throat.

Hate feeling so anxious.

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BentBaastard · 26/06/2019 11:35

I think I might be peri menopausal 🤭🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

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Sirzy · 26/06/2019 11:38

A million and one things. Way too much going on at once. Main worry at the moment is the first home visit from a new nurse for ds in an hour - I have spent ages cleaning this morning to make sure everything is perfect!

BentBaastard · 26/06/2019 11:40

Oh Sirzy......don’t stress, she probably won’t notice.

Hope your ds is ok.

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DisgraceToTheYChromosome · 26/06/2019 13:22

Very minor niggles:
My agency think I can do a 15 hour night shift at 2 hours notice. Nor do they understand the rule about not phoning until 9 hours after shift finish, which is uploaded immediately.
I can't shake off my shoulder pain.
DW's sunflowers are not growing properly.
I was weak last night and ate a Burger King. Now I'm consumed with guilt.

SilverNewMoon · 26/06/2019 13:24

New job complications. Work has always been the main source of stress for me and it's not exaggeration to say it ruins my life Sad

Seeleyboo · 26/06/2019 13:57

My 21 year old son who is a servicing officer and on tour until December.

My dog who is coming to the end of her life.

My 24 year old son who's going to be moving away to the USA.

And many more things.

ooohhhhcrap · 27/06/2019 07:54

Morning all

Slept abit better last night but am still worrying about the usual.
Got a large car bill to add to this months list due to a part going wrong this week aswel so another month of penny watching.

BentBaastard · 27/06/2019 08:41

Still no reply from the job 🥴🤬🤬🤬

Ds2 home tomorrow.

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OhTheRoses · 27/06/2019 08:51

On a/l going on holiday tomorrow.
I am worrying about work and my team and any big issues that may blow: also about a team member who is not performing.

My cat who licked up one of my throxine tabs from bedside table this morning.

Whether I've forgotten to pack anything and whether we'll miss the flight.

Constantly about dd who has self harmed due to anxiety and depression and then adhd was diagnosed. At uni now and I hope she will cope with life.

Constantly about dh who is a workaholic, who never shows stress but there is a thread of heart disease through his father's side of the family.

That at 59 I may have to stop work and retire in the next 6 years and when that will be.

That my 82 year old mother will start to fail and I will have to care for her if not personally be in charge. She is a classic narcissist and I will not be able to do it with love.

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