To think this is more than depression

[Anydrinkwilldo]

I'm not looking for 'medical' advice, just people pov and experience. I was diagnosed with depression last year, took Prozac etc done ok (I wouldn't say I recovered but felt better). Came off when I found out about pregnancy this time. I know I'm not 100% but coping with the depression. What gets me is stories about child abuse, animal abuse etc.
when my ds gets upset about something I get upset thinking about the children who are being beaten, abused and the like and are only babies. I know its brooding but I don't know what to do about it. Thanks for reading.

Getting upset about things like this when you are pregnant or post natal is completely normal, even without a diagnosis of depression.

I'm sorry, but I don't think this is depression.

You are just getting upset by day to day normalities

I'm sorry you are having a hard time, those things are upsetting.

CBT can really help you identify negative thought patterns (brooding) and negate them. I've never looked back.

Really depends whether you're getting upset when you read that stuff (in which case, don't read it), or whether you're genuinely fixating on morbid thoughts: thinking about that same story for days at a time, can't sleep, can't concentrate on other things (in which case, go and see your doctor, and see if you can be referred for counselling).

It sounds more like anxiety which I think is treated the same way as depression so I guess it doesn't really matter as far as diagnosis is concerned.

I too suffer (or used to..?) from depression and have a problem with uncontrollable thoughts/worries especially since having the DC. For instance, I have to avoid the news on a particularly vulnerable day and definitely can't read the same crime books as I used to.

I have found it really difficult to avoid the news around this LostProphets monster (as I expect you have too) because even the headlines reveal too much information for my sensibilities. But it is almost every day I have to avoid some news, I just can't handle it.

Perhaps you could get involved with a charity in a small way. It helped me a little.