what is most stressful in your life?

[Fluffybear86]

Hello just curious what would people say is the most stressful area of your life?

In laws are terminally ill. I'm out of work and would love to work. Trying hard to find a job that I can afford childcare costs. Small dc so no sleep, severe lack of me time. DM widowed and struggling, dh on anti-anxiety, hates his job and is desperate to move.

Doing everything house/family related as well as run around after sick parents.

Tiredness.

Oh and the peri menopausal insomnia every night making me look about 90 and feel frankly very dead.

Feeling like I have thrown away my future and future career by taking 18 months out to study and live abroad.

Being so skint. Not having a reliable job. The state of my reproductive organs

Eggyface - I could have written that ????

Feeling achingly guilty that I'm failing as a mother. Juggling a demanding full time job with being a single parent. Peri menopausal insomnia too.

My Dad's rapidly worsening dementia. I had no appreciation of how awful this could be.

Money
Housing
Health

My health. I have cancer which isn't responding well to treatment, despite surgery, chemo etc etc. I have very bad night terrors about dying and leaving DH and DS. On the whole I have a very happy life, so I try to focus on that instead.

Sorry to hear that, Stars.

Thanks chocbix I'm very lucky really so shouldn't complain, its just that bit of life which sucks.

Relationship with my father. Everything else I can handle (job, my son having aspergers and life threatening allergies), but for some reason dealing with my Dad stresses me like nothing else. Since my teens he has had mental health issues, and I find maintaining a relationship with him very difficult.

Dd2's friendship issues

Despite living in a pristine home, having to tackle a constant mouse invasion

Selling our house. Disrupts so many weekends because of viewings. In fact I think we might take it off the market possibly, as the house we desperately wanted has gone now anyway Plus DH never really wanted to sell anyway and I'm tired of doing all the 'pushing to move'.

But thankfully that's the only stressful thing at the moment, phew!

DH health issues.
Having an op myself on Friday so worrying if that will be a success.

DCs are being fantastic at the moment.

Oddly, I've been totally unstressed about work the last few weeks despite having lots of urgent stuff to sort.

God to all in such sad and stressful situations.

Everything is great for me, but no doubt I'll have to face some testing times in the future. I can never quite believe how lucky I have been in life, and I worry that something will happen to bring it all crashing down. I'm not complacent about my happiness.

The death of my son. I wasted so much time before stressing about things that really didn't matter before. Puts everything into perspective.

NC

My dd needs a bone marrow transplant. She's only 9 months old, bless her little heart.

My dad having had a biopsy this week and waiting for the results after he has only recently got the all clear from another cancer.

Having no joy selling my house

My car engine light on all the bloody time

Wondering what to do about the carpet in the bedroom after my house almost flooded the other day and the carpet is now stained

The state of my garden

Oh schnoo bless her little heart.
for you

Family life generally. Have a terminally ill mil, my dad is getting married very soon and wife to be is stressing over silly little things. I'm trying to be strong for dh, trying to have patience with step mum to be, trying to run my own business whilst looking after our dc and home. It's very difficult but I'm taking some time out when I can.

In-laws, FIL is really ill but we think that he and MIL are in denial and so we don't really know what's going on. We keep offering to help but they won't let us. MIL would love some help but FIL is 'too proud' and in his words 'will sort stuff out when I get better'.

We're not convinced he's going to get better. They're not local so we can't just pop in to see them, it has to be an organised visit.

Worrying about my husband relapsing and dying (addict). Or worrying that I'll end up in a psych hospital again like I did last year, with no warning, right out of the blue. Lifes so uncertain sigh.