Feeling miserable; share something positive with me!

[Pessimist]

Quick flick through news headlines today and they're all doom and gloom. My baby's due next week and I'm feeling utterly miserable about The State Of The World. It feels like a dangerous and worrying time to bring a baby into the world.

Anyone got anything positive to say about living in June 2025? Hoping to give my head a wobble!

I understand how you’re feeling, but it wasn’t much different when I had mine 20+ years ago. As a new mum you want to protect your baby, and all the bad things somehow feel worse. It will pass. Soon you’ll be so tired that you won’t care about what’s going on in the world.
Good luck, and enjoy every second of your new baby.

You can be positive about (some) young people. Just focus on bringing your little one into the world now and enjoy the short baby time. They are toddlers before you know it.
Looking forwards you don’t know what will happen, my DDs friends are hugely knowledgable and engaged in what’s happening in Gaza, environmental issues and climate action. Their friendship group seem very selfless and outward looking and may bring about positive change. I know they’ve their work cut out but I believe in them!

Scientists in South Korea have developed a microscopic robot made of liquid that hopefully one day will destroy cancer cells.

5 Lions rescued from Ukraine are thriving at a sanctuary in England.

Don't read the news.

I'm intelligent and educated, but don't bother to read the news these days. I feel much happier for it.

It was fine in the days when we read a physical newspaper once a day, but not now we have a 24/7 news cycle, with "pay per click" advertising using doom-mongering headlines to entice you in.

I went hiking last night in the national park where I live and was blown away, as always, by the beauty of the landscape. Its staggering. If you live in the UK then you're bringing your baby into a beautiful country 😍.

The headlines and scrolling media are not as real as the walk in the park, chats with neighbours, catching up with friends and family - that's the real news.

Ì look at https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ and https://www.sunnyskyz.com/ when I feel like the news is getting me down. I agree with a pp, you want the world to be perfect fir your baby, like a huge nesting drive. It isn't perfect, it never will be, in fact we're in a much better place than previous generations, we just keep upping the bar.

When it was a struggle I would consciously try to think of everything we're lucky to have these days. Ambulances! Anaesthetic! Vaccines!

I have been growing fruit and veg for more than 25 years and I think this year will be my best ever year, due to the wonderful spring and early summer we have had. We have strawberries coming out of our ears, and enough blackcurrants for 15 jars of jam so far. Seeing my 2 year old grandson look for strawberries at the allotment and shouting “Grandma! a red drawberry!” when he finds one, lights up my day. This is what you have to look forward to, when your beautiful child is born.

Yip, my 16 year old, taller than his dad, still gives me a hug and says "Love you Mum".

Here’s good news….DD says in South America a charity the Conservation Land Trust is buying hundreds of acres formerly owned by ranchers. These are being merged with existing areas to create an 19 MILLION sq km of nature reserves- jaguars are flourishing as a result. Local people get tourism income etc.

Thanks, everyone! Felt a little better after reading your responses! 😊 I feel like news channels should be duty-bound to share good news stories as well as the bad.

The news will always news

its a v natural feeling when you’re about to have a baby, but turn inwards, just get in your own lovely bubble and focus on what you can control. Good luck, newborns and children in general are the best ever, you’ll soon have something to delight in :)

This

If it helps, I had my first baby in 2014 when Ebola was all over the news and I remember seriously worrying he was going to catch Ebola. We live in the UK. He’s nearly 11 and so far not caught Ebola (not to diminish that this is an awful virus in certain regions of Africa).

A really good way to put everything in perspective is the video for “We didn’t start the fire” by Billy Joel. There has always been all sorts of stuff happening all over the world, but 24/7 news and live updates can be so anxiety inducing.

There are a few good news websites…e.g.
https://www.today.com/today/amp/rcna199602

Also astonishing lottery win in Cork??
£ 250 million That’s good news! see the MN thread on this.

https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/craicnet/5358009-euromillions-ticket-bought-in-cork?utm_campaign=thread&utm_medium=app_share

Your post reminded me of when I was on maternity leave many years ago when having unstructured time and listening to doom fests on the tv made me very anxious and I had to do a total mind reset
Acknowledge what is going on in the world, but accept that you can't really change global events as one person in your house.
You are about to embark on a really busy and rewarding part of your life. Enjoy this last week as totally "me" time
Do something in totally selfish that gives you joy. Read that trashy novel. Experiment with your cooking or decorating. Go for a walk or just sit and enjoy nature. Whatever rocks your boat.
Similarly, when Junior arrives, enjoy as much of that time out of work as possible. You will never get that time again.