Wasn't sure where to post this. I used to be pretty hardy, but when I first became a parent, I stopped listening to radio4 and the world service, reading the paper properly, watching the news or gangster and war films etc because I just couldn't handle them anymore. I became a total wuss. Everyone becomes someone's baby or someone's parent and I just found it too upsetting.
Now I reckon this is fairly normal. It's amazing how the important stuff filters through anyway and 4 years after DS was born I was getting gradually a little hardier, but then I got pregnant again. Now with a 7 month old I'm back to metaphorically putting my fingers in my ears and shouting "lalalanotlistening" whenever horrid news comes on and I can't find the remote fast enough.
Now, got chatting to another mum last night and discovered she had a similar and perhaps a little more severe reaction - she told me at the end of our conversation that she'd seen a councellor about it - but had never spoken to anyone who'd had the same thing.
Is it that uncommon? I've always assumed it was so normal it hadn't even bothered me. What do you think?