I am currently (maybe last 3 months) overwhelmed and know I am stressed and having occasional panic attacks, Dh yesterday suggested it might help if I saw someone.
We have seen the positives for both our DDs who have have some counselling, eldest after being bullied and moving school, other Dd as she has ASD and it helps her.
My problem isn't the same, mine is just I am busy and can't seem to get on top of things.
We have 2 kids doing exams including one with ASD, we both work busy jobs but both company's are super with flexible working/family friendly etc, we don't have money issues, marriage is good, get time to ourselves by scheduling a days hiking or something every couple of weeks etc.
To me the problem is I just feel overwhelmed and under pressure to schedule and control it all, even when I get a 'down' day like yesterday I can honestly think of 10 things to be doing (took DD to buy shoes :) ) I am writing this while DD is at her session and I am technically working on my phone by monitoring emails etc.
So our down time is the hikes which I honestly spend days planning then stressing if Dh will like them, he always does, I don't see ant reason for why I feel anxious even planning them.
Because I feel time is so precious I feel reluctant to try and find more to go talk to someone when I could actually be fixing something but I feel so close to burnout.
Does anyone have experience of counselling helping them if they are like me? Is there a particular type of therapy I should look into?
Appreciate any and all feedback.