Are these anxieties normal?

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I'm basically just wondering if I need to speak to someone,or if the way I'm feeling is normal.

I've always been a worryer,but since having DD who is 5 I think I'm worse. It's like every day I think about something that could harm us and I really worry about it. We have been living with my parents and are looking to move into our own place, and its like I'm worrying non stop about what will happen.

As a single Mum I worry that someone will see its just me there and burgle us. Or that I'll do something stupid like leave the iron on. If I read a horrible story in the news, it really sets me off thinking what if that happens to me?

I constantly worry that people I meet might not be what they seem and a huge worry for me is that I could meet a paedophile. I know it sounds silly but it's like I look for the worst in people.

If I have to walk anywhere when it's dark I am constantly on guard that I'll be attacked/mugged or worse.

I think I may have answered my own question really!

I think it depends how much you worry about these things. Do they just cross your mind or does it stop you sleeping, eating, enjoying yourself regularly.

I wouldn't say they stop me from enjoying myself all the time, but I do think about it a lot. It is getting almost to the point where I'm talking myself out of moving out but I know we need to.

Some things I wouldn't even dare to write or say to anyone because I'd feel like I was tempting fate. I would say every day I imagine some awful scenario where I could be killed and leave DD behind. Maybe I am just a very anxious person.

It sounds like these thoughts are causing you a lot of distress and taking up a lot of your time. Some people are just prone to worry however if it is interfering with your life I'd say as a MH professional its always worth talking it through with someone :)