I feel like the world is ending. I’m scared

[Lanzy]

I gave birth recently, my first born. I’m worrying about her future, hopefully that’s natural but know maybe it’s becoming too much. I have anxiety which I think many do and I realise I’ll probably sound silly on this thread but I think I need some positive/reassurance or even if people can explain.

I’m really struggling with the news at the minute - I don’t watch the TV news but I do use social media and right now every video or thing that is popping up is the below and a lot of conspiracys which I’m just hoping it’s all rubbish but then every video is that just now so I’m scared. I know many would say speak to GP but tried that and I’m just given mindful exercises or tablets

World war 3 - with what’s going on with ukraine, russia but now USA and china. Each time it looks like we’re getting closer to it. Especially USA wise as now they’ve got involved with something else that will annoy China?

That women and children are going to be in danger with all these men (refugees) already news of stuff happening, apparently as it’s all men that it’s gearing for army? (Sounds ridiculous to say)

Food shortages - I keep seeing videos on people preparing and getting emergency stuff ready. Why? Again this worries me!

Climate change - earthquakes, weather etc. Turkey earthquake and now Wales?

videos just of that world is ending

I’m scared and know it all sounds but yeah..

I think this is quite normal to an extent, just because I've had so many women tell me they felt like this. I had a baby just before the pandemic hit and went through it. My mum had me in the 70s and told me she remembers being terrified of the atom bomb and crying thinking we were all about to be blown up.

There's always some catastrophe going on that terrifies young mums and makes them wonder what the hell they were thinking bringing a child into this world at this time. If the anxiety persists speak to your GP or HV. I promise they'll have heard it before xx

Congratulations on baby!
Turn the news off and play ignorant for a few weeks things you are worrying about are out of your control and no amount of worrying will sort the problem out.
Enjoy cuddles with baby take each day as it comes.

Forgoodnesssakenow I remember that! My DM was so worried.My DS had a birthday party ,and she cried as she was sure the world would end! It took none other than Richard Madeley on This Morning ,to tell her it wouldnt! TBH all through history its never been a perfect time to have a child." 2WW,numerous ones in between ,all sorts of catastrophes .

I felt exactly the same when I had my baby in 1981. We are still here. In 2008 I had a massive nervous breakdown, I'd left a job in 2006 which I needed to be aware of world events.

I was watching too much TV, financial crashes, dire predictions all contributed to my breakdown.

Step away from 24 hour news, they have to fill the time and get expert's on and it compounds the negativity.

Keep away from TV news

The is a lot of awareness of PND, but not so much post natal anxiety and yet I think it’s very common. My youngest was born during the awful period ISIS was very active and I was absolutely terrified. I couldn’t stop crying or looking at the news as I thought the world was ending.
my family persuaded me to go to my GP who organised some CBR sessions for me.
I think counselling was helpful but to be honest, as it was so clearly hormone induced, it was really my own body that sorted it in the end.

The counsellor talked about mindfulness which was a bit alien, but practically, if you can loose yourself in a bit of baking or gardening it can give your brain a rest.

When I finished with breastfeeding and my hormones realigned I found the anxiety completely disappeared.

good luck

Get off social media for christ's sake. It is full of nay-dayers, doom-mongers and liars. If you cannot sort the wheat from the chaff in terms what is likely to be true and what is not, you need to usexa reliable source.
China and Russia will not gang up on us. America is always playing 'my willy is bigger than yours' with them, but they know it will not result in fisticuffs because bullies don't fight other bullies, they pick on those weaker than them.
You need to get a grip or you will transfer all this over-wroughtness and anxiety to your child

@Lanzy

I’m really struggling with the news at the minute - I don’t watch the TV news but I do use social media and right now every video or thing that is popping up

There have always been global wars and conflicts and terrible stuff going on and it will still be the case a 100 years from now or 1000 years from now. You have a choice whether to be informed about it or not. Focus on the more pressing things to you life and health - eat a healthy diet, try to sleep well, etc. These will affect the life of you and your child far more than climate change or Russia. The US and China are millions of miles away from war. The US imports as much from China as it does the entire EU combined and China has just replaced the US as the EU’s top trading partner.

In the past, I worried that Falklands, Cold War, Iraq, Bosnia, Afghanistan, 9/11, Syria would escalate to world war. They didn't

What's happening in Ukraine is absolutely awful, but I doubt it will escalate to a world war

Agree with a PP that algorithms are filling up your notifications as you go down a rabbit hole. Actively search for cute kittens, baking, pipe bands etc and that should give more balance

My DM bought me the teddy id been hankering after for ages but that she couldn’t really afford to buy. It was the Cuban Missile Crisis and she was utterly convinced the world was going to end and she wanted me to be happy in the time we had left. When you look back at all the scary times we have been through it’s a lot. We didn’t have rolling news, social media, phones with cameras to record the good, the bad and the petrifying. I’m sure there’s been absolutely terrifying things going on we knew nothing about because there wasn’t the technology to document it, people nearby who could upload footage straight on to SM, and just the newspapers and tv news twice a day to cover what they were aware of. If it helps not to watch the news I’d do that. Focus on what you can impact and do whatever you can to limit your exposure to everything else.