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Riddled with anxiety and struggling

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Easterrchick · 27/02/2025 12:10

So today me and DH took the morning and went on a walk as the kids are in nursery. 3yo and 1yo. Happy in there amazing staff and settled

the one day I’m not wfh, I get a call our youngest has fell and cut her lip it’s not emergency where they’ve said go to A&E but said I may want it checked

i feel dizzy sick and so guilty that I can’t get there faster. We had to do the walk trail we couldn’t go back on ourself and now it’s 1hr10min on the motorway and I feel awful

they said she’s fine I may just want it checked and I will get it checked I just feel so guilty

and my anxiety is so bad at the minute and this is making it worse. I don’t even leave my kids with their dad(DH) and I spend my work days worried all day phone watching in case nursery message or call

I am constantly worried and never want to leave them I’m struggling to work because of it. They love nursery and luckily the staff are so fantastic it’s such a close knit nursery it’s amazing

i jurt feel so horrendous and I’m having a panic attack

DH thinks I’m ridiculous

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frozendaisy · 27/02/2025 12:36

This isn’t healthy OP.

Your child will be fine, kids fall over, their toddler bodies have evolved to take a few scrapes and bruises.

You should go and talk to your doctor before your paranoia becomes detrimental to your children. Imagine them saying “no I can’t go on the climbing frame mum will worry too much”. You don’t become the best parent by wanting your child to be risk free all the time. We all love our children more than life itself, we all worry, we have all taken our babies to the doctor unnecessarily.

ours fell of swings, bikes, logs, I did. Sometimes we took to A&E, not for a split lip that didn’t need stitches, we had split heads (from a door frame at home) that needed stitch tape, lots of blood but essentially no damage. One winter I didn’t need to “follow the footprints” I knew the way to the x-ray room, just to give you an idea!

Nursery, who you trust, have told you you MIGHT want to get it seen to. Might. This is so far from A&E OP.

But you need to at least tell your doctor that you are unable to function normally and want to keep your children with you at all times. You will feel better for telling a professional, they will have heard it all before.

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Easterrchick · 27/02/2025 13:13

frozendaisy · 27/02/2025 12:36

This isn’t healthy OP.

Your child will be fine, kids fall over, their toddler bodies have evolved to take a few scrapes and bruises.

You should go and talk to your doctor before your paranoia becomes detrimental to your children. Imagine them saying “no I can’t go on the climbing frame mum will worry too much”. You don’t become the best parent by wanting your child to be risk free all the time. We all love our children more than life itself, we all worry, we have all taken our babies to the doctor unnecessarily.

ours fell of swings, bikes, logs, I did. Sometimes we took to A&E, not for a split lip that didn’t need stitches, we had split heads (from a door frame at home) that needed stitch tape, lots of blood but essentially no damage. One winter I didn’t need to “follow the footprints” I knew the way to the x-ray room, just to give you an idea!

Nursery, who you trust, have told you you MIGHT want to get it seen to. Might. This is so far from A&E OP.

But you need to at least tell your doctor that you are unable to function normally and want to keep your children with you at all times. You will feel better for telling a professional, they will have heard it all before.

I think I need help. I feel physically sick about being apart from them and I just worry about them constantly I feel constantly on edge and you’re right I don’t want them being like me or sensing what I’m like :(

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