I'm a sahm and have just had my first proper time away from DS (14 months) since he was born. 2 nights in a great city, seeing lots of different friends. DH is away, DS is staying with his GPs. Fantastic.
I planned to let my hair down a bit and unfortunately went overboard. I got very drunk yesterday and have been awake half the night working myself up into a stress about what I might have said or done, and how I've made a total prat of myself.
Clearly I'm getting to a point/age where boozing like that is not a good idea and it's just not worth the worry the next day. So I think it's time to grow up, be a bit more responsible and act my age (mid 30s).
I'm posting here because being up half the night worrying is ridiculous, and maybe I have an underlying anxiety issue that I should address. I stress myself out about things that will probably never happen (or probably didn't happen last night) and dwell on stupid things I've done in the past - sometimes even from when I was a child. I imagine conversations with prickly people such as my MIL, so that difficult situations are constantly present in my mind, even if the person in question is miles away and i haven't seen or spoken to them in ages.
My mother is a born worrier (though denies it) and prophet of doom, always saying 'don't do that, what if x happens?!' Her sister is ten times worse, so anxiety does run in my family.
What is a 'normal' level of worrying though? Am I now just making myself anxious that I might have an anxiety problem?
TIA!