Posting here to see if anyone else has experienced anything similar.
Since having children, especially since having my 2nd I suffer really bad when hearing about anything bad happening to children, i know this is quite a normal reaction but its slowly getting worse. I've never had anxiety or depression any time in my life. I try to avoid news articles regarding these sort of stories but at the same time i feel like i have to read them to learn what happened. I then spends days thinking about it and feel myself getting so emotional and quite panicky thinking about it.
Seems to be getting worse, was recently in a shop and seen a small child screaming at the top of his lungs about how he was desperate for the toilet, saying he would wee himself and his mum was extremely nasty towards him, saying she didnt care and he'd have to wait until she had done her shopping and was calling him a horrible child for embarrassing her, she had him by the hand and i could see her grip on him, he was screaming ow you're hurting my hand and she didn't loosen her grip. I know i only seen a small section of her day and i'm not naïve but she showed him no love or care what so ever, a lady eventually went over and said she'd ask the manger if he could use the toilet, the child was no older than 3. Without sounding dramatic i nearly burst into tears and just wanted to go over and give the poor kid a hug and ask if he was ok.... i know i know i'm going to get told seek help!
It is literally only this part of my life i feel like this, no other problems but i can see i'm getting more and more affected by things!