I gave birth to my first child just over 5 months ago and I’ve been finding myself extremely irritable, with feelings of hatred and rage bubbling up over things that just aren’t a big deal. None of this is directed towards my son, I have a great bond with him and just wish it could be me and him left alone in the world some days. Examples of rage-inducing events are things that would be normally considered by me as minor irritations and usually when out and about, such as bad driving, people getting in my way, a stranger being a bit ‘off’ or making a slightly irritating comment - I sometimes feel like I actually hate them. I’ve managed to contain it and not have a public outburst but my mind will keep churning over these things for ages and it takes a lot of work to calm myself down.
At the point now where I dread going out into public because it’s inevitable that these feelings will crop up. Is this normal?!