What, if anything, is stressing you out at the moment?

[BryarTuck]

I feel like I'm always very worried or stressed about something in my life and even when that particular thing gets resolved I instantly start fretting about something else. I had heard a quote along the lines of "if we everyone put their problems into a common pot, most would choose to take their own home again rather than a share from it" or something like that- and in the interests of me trying to keep my situation in perspective I'm asking what it causing you stress at the moment?

(Hopefully some of you will be able to say "nothing"!)

For me it's the fact that DH went freelance about six months ago and it hadn't worked out so financially we aren't in a good position. He's now looking for a job but I'm scared of how long it would take to find employment. Our first (longed for) DC is due in January so I won't be working for a while (also self employed albeit successfully but don't get maternity pay). So we aren't going to have an income and although we have some savings I had earmarked these for my maternity leave and I'm worried about how long we can last. I'm awake each night worrying and doing sums.

Anyone else care to share?

Husband due to see his Oncologist next week, I get stressed out worrying about it.

In a year and a half ds1 is going to be doing his a levels in a town 15 minutes drive away. He watched the dog do a poo in the garden. I didn't pick it up straight away. Anyway he sneaked out to play with his stick. Trod in the poo. Took shoes off in the house. Lied that he'd been outside. Our garden is very small. How can he get to a town on the bus when he can't find poo in the back garden?
I'm so stressed about his lack of independence. He has additional needs, so I can't work because he can't be left alone and he's above average academically. How am I going to afford the petrol there and back twice a day?

I met my my DH 6.5 years ago and I was pregnant within 3 months. I had a very good and well-paid job but was made redundant while on maternity leave. We decided to move a significant distance so we felt it would be good to wait another year off work with DD to settle. I didn't manage to find a job until last year but I struggled so much as my DH works away Mon-Fri and I have an auto-immune disease which I struggle with so I ended up ill almost constantly for 12 months with tonsillitus/chest infections/flu so I gave up my job back in Feb. Just to make things interesting we then decided to look to buy a house and get married, which we did in September within 1 week of each other! Now I need to find a job (again) but struggling to find anything that suits our family life or financial needs 🙁

My DH decided to change jobs in October, a bit less money but he thought he'd be home more, in fact he's earning less and has only been home 1 extra night than before.

We'd also love another baby (maybe crazy) but keep having miscarriages so starting to worry I'm too old. Oh... I also turned 40 in September!

It's also Christmas soon! How did that happen so quickly??

Life, huh?

to everyone else who is struggling

Stressed because I have hand, foot and mouth disease and it's so sore to walk. Dp having to work 6 long days a week to cover for the fact i can't find a job. 3 year old dd misses him so much. I feel like such a failure.

Christmas 😳🙄🎅

Ds,struggling at school and feel.like he's been blamed because the big boy popular bullies have herd mentality and back each other up. Am really really fed up about it.

My biggest worry is always money. We get by but don't have much spare. DH is self employed and income fluctuates greatly. But I have managed to save for Christmas and have treated the kids.
@purplelion I can relate to your experience. My mum officially diagnosed back in March with dementia (although we have known 12 -18 months or so) was living independently and alone. She has had a very rapid decline and now in a home. It's absolutely heartbreaking. Somedays I struggle to cope and understand it all.
10 years since my dad passed away this week. It's all a bit much this week.

My mum is dying and my dad’s Alzheimer’s has deteriorated rapidly. They’ve both ended up in care homes but different ones.

They live miles away and I can’t visit them as often as I’d like to.

I’m a single parent, working full time and my DD is being amazingly stoic but she’s really suffering with it all.

I have a chronic illness and am running on empty.

My best friend lives abroad and I miss him terribly. Talking on FaceTime just isn’t the same.

The thought of spending Christmas Day in a care home with my mum is utterly depressing but at the same time absolutely what I need to do as this will be her last Christmas - if she lasts that long.

Everything is overwhelming at the moment.

Just hanging on to the thought that 2019 has got to be a better year...

DH was signed off with depression 6wks ago in the middle of a disciplinary from work. Spent weeks in bed and I had to sort life on my own with DD 2yrs and a full time job. He has come to a settlement agreement now but is still depressed, is drinking too much and he has no job.

Stressed. As. Fuck.

Some of you have more than your fair share to deal with.

My friend died and I miss him, my job sucks, I’m as fat as I was 2 years ago, and I’m miserable in my relationship.

Oh and I have a more or less constant feeling of life/time running away from me

My work. My Boss had turned against me and is nit picking now. I have v high blood pressure and anxiety so I could do without the stress of it all.

Trivial compared to some posters, so I apologise in advance but a worry is a worry.
My poor rescue, difficult, grumpy awkward cat has problems with his gums.They are so red but his teeth are beautifully white.I worry for him.
I'm facing root canal work on Monday, eek, £700 for one front tooth.Dreading it, don't know what to expect.Would appreciate any advice !!
Husband has long term depression and has had a heart attack.I seem to have constant worries.

Right now I’m waiting for a appointment for biopsy / colscopy after my smear test came back abnormal after 5 weeks waiting

My youngest son is likely to have special needs more so autism which has floored me that I’m walking this path again after already having my eldest son diagnosed 8 years ago. So currently a lot of calls meetings observations senco and so on

And my partner knowing my pain and my suffering and my stress with what’s been constant months of never catching a break and he is ignoring my cries for help / support / attention to the point now of not even responding to the desperate texts I send when he’s at work ( night worker )

I am ridiculously fat. And can’t stop eating. I am also at risk of redundancy; but actually more stressed about being fat

Thank you all for being so open. It does help to know that life is pretty shit for a lot of people. I feel less alone.

My stress is my dad, alone after my mum died last month 150 miles away. New boss is putting me through disciplinary. DH and DCs aren’t getting the best of me right now and it makes me feel awful.

Had a job interview Tuesday and was offered the job and recruiter called early yesterday to say she was emailing the offer out and it never came-emailed her late yesterday and got an out of office message until Monday. We also just sold our house and living in an apartment until house is built-two months to go with that. Husband has stressful job and we have an 18-year old son with severe CP and needs total care. Hope to get him in a day support program soon. (We moved three months ago and will move again into our new,wheelchair accessible home and dreading that nightmare again)

DC1 being physically attacked at secondary school.
DC2 at shit primary school.
Brexit uncertainty affecting our business.
Neighbours are noisy oiks.
I have felt low level unwell for several years now and have just given up trying to get GP to stop fobbing me off.

OH had been made redundant. We can survive on my Salary alone, which will cover bills, and a very small amount of social money.

But we’re getting married in July and we need to save for that!

Husband's business went bust after 30 years, not sure if we can manage on my money alone and it seems he has no intention of even looking for work.

It’s sad that so many of us have all these worries
Mine are
Dh is living with a brain tumour (seems to be benign though).
I’m re training for a new career and have to study long and hard as well as work, and take scary exams.

@shoobydooby09
It is truly heartbreaking isn’t it. Up until 3 months ago he was still driving!
Lots of love to everyone xx

Mine is so fucking irrelevant after reading the above but it would be good to get it off my chest.

Uni is stressing me out. Im not typically a stressy person, but by fuck has this broke me. I started off this year well ahead then had pneumonia/collapsed lung so fell behind, I feel like I'm on a sinking ship. I can't really explain to my family how broken I am.

God I feel like some of mine are 1st world.
My gran has cancer so that’s not good and I think about it a lot.
We are embarking on building a house so I’m worried that planning permission won’t be granted😭
I am doing a course at the moment and I have an assignment due on the 17th and I haven’t even looked at the title yet 🙈🙈😩

I worry about anything and everything.

If I’ve got nothing ‘real’ to worry about, I worry about what might happen.

Then I worry about how much I worry.