Is there anything I can do to stop this as it has ruined my Christmas?
I have been really acutely anxious since Christmas Day, not sleeping well at all and not enjoying anything. Feel on edge and in fight or flight mode constantly.
I have been like this in the past but not for a few years now.
It could be related to age (peri), but it is mainly related to stuff going on in my life which I have no control at all over.
The main thing is a health concern related to my dd (18). Without being too outing, she has had a serious health problem twice in the past. Both times it took ages to get diagnosed and we ended up paying privately because the nhs refused to test her. She had fully recovered following lengthy treatment, but On Christmas Day she said she had the symptoms again. It was like a punch in the gut and I keep waking up feeling so worried that it is back and it will be a nightmare as she has just started uni and is loving it and making loads of friends and plans for the summer and next year which will all be ruined. I am not ready for another battle with the gp or nhs who will not test until symptoms escalate or cannot afford the hundreds of pounds to go private again.
The other thing is my other dd 17 who seems to have no friends, makes them easily but loses them, and is never in the loop with nights out or activities. She has nowhere to go or no one to meet up with for new year. This in itself doesn’t worry me, but it’s a repeating pattern and I am hugely worried for her future happiness as she is such a friendly outgoing person but seems to lack something to attract peers her age.