worry wart

[poppypops]

Since i've had PND i seem to worry constantly. It is so tiring! I worry constantly what people think about me, i assume the worst all the time. Lately i've been worring about something someone said 7 years ago that at the time upset me!! I feel like such a friut loop. Who in the name of god worries about a comment made such a long time ago! Can PND make you worry about things you know you dont need to worry about but can't seem to actually stop worry about or am i mad? Does anyone else find they do thesame thing?

I worry constantly and I have never even suffered from PND. I worry about what I look like, what DD is doing/eating/growing, I worry that work will sack me for just being there, I worry about money, what my SIL thinks of me even though I don't like her, I worry about what everyone thinks of me and so on and so forth.

You are not mad poppy, just a mum with lots of emotion going on. Sometimes I just feel overwhelmed.

What works for me is if I write it down. If I try to talk to DH about it he is fab for a while but cannot understand why I cannot just let things go. I write stuff down and mostly it does help.

I get this too, its one of the classic features of depression.

The example often given is that normally if you see someone you know on the other side of the street, and wave, and they dont wave back, you think its because they didnt see you. When you are depressed you lie awake worrying whether they are deliberately ignoring you because of something you've done.

I know exactly how exhausting it is when thoughts constantly invade my head. I also get all upset about recalling past events that were unhappy.

Have you ever had any CBT (Cognitive Behaviour THerapy)? It is the kind of councelling GPs can organise for you, and it works on precisely these sorts of things.

As I understand it, it is about trying to realise when you are thinking worrying thoughts; then to remind yourself that these things dont mtter any more; then dircting your thinking towards something more positive (What am I going to make for supper)

thingamaig - blimey, I do that but have never thought of myself as depressed. I am going to look into CBT as it is flippin exhausting worrying all the time.

The waving accross the road thing is a little too close to home for my liking - thanks for the advice.

Thanks for replys! It's nice to know i'm not that mad . i'm having cbt sessions at the moment for post-natal anxiety/panic attacks, which i don't suffer from anymore. Dr thinks all is going well and that i don't need sessions anymore but i have failed to mention my new focus for worring as i'm worried she'll think i'm barking mad.

She won't think you are barking mad hun, she has probably seen it all before. See, there you go worrying again....

BBF skips off worrying she needs cbt sessions and does not know how to get them...

Poppy; what is your new source of worry if you don't mind me asking? It sounds like its worth carrying on with the sessions if you still feel like this.
BBF, CBT does sound worthwhile, or at least a chat with your GP re your worrying.

Thanks thingamajig, am going to phone the doc and ask tomorrow.

Sorry didn't reply last night, had to dash off to calm restless baby! Bluebumedfly did you enquire about cbt today? There can be a really long waiting list.....surprise, surprise! Thingamajig, don't mind you asking at all....worried that people think i'm unbelievable boring and people don't enjoy my company/ would rather talk to a corpse instead of me etc! All this because someone who i didn't even like years ago said they found me boring!