Hi everyone
my baby is nearly 14 weeks old, a time that was meant to be full of love has been honestly hell. it all started 4 weeks postpartum when i had constant intrusive thoughts that i dont love my partner - which i know isn't true. i would wake up so anxious and not be able to eat, i've been on medication and it's helped with the physical side effects of anxiety but the thoughts are still there. the thoughts are now on my daughter, i never got that overwhelming feeling of love and now i can't stop questioning if i love her, when she does something cute my brain says 'do you even find her cute your lieing' i can't express how distressing this has been. i think it's relationship ocd attached to my family. i want this to go away. has anyone experienced similar and came out the other side? i've never struggled like this in my life. it's not the bond isn't there, it's my brain constantly questioning it. i have cbt lined up for november. will i ever get those feelings for my daughter? i'm usually quite a sensitive empathetic person and now i'm questioning if i ever even was or this is really who i am and i've just been lieing to myself
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Postpartum Ocd about love for family
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eryn123 · 10/09/2023 03:20
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