Help with intrusive thoughts

[Clc70]

Hi,

I'm new here and just posted yesterday. I have anxiety which has come out of post natal anxiety. I had been. Doing ok and returned to work after some time off as I couldn't cope with the panic and anxiety. I changed meds and seemed to vet gettin much better.

But 2 days ago I started to feel the familiar warnings dings and have walked straight back into anxiety again.

My main problem is intrusive thoughts that scare me so much. I have thoughts about my children, about going crazy, about getting depression, about always being like this, about letting my family down . I know to pay them no attention but they scare and upset me so much.

Thanks

---------- Post added at 09:10 ---------- Previous post was at 09:04 ----------

Meant to say am worried about just getting through today , as I don't work Mondays so I've my 18 month to look after and am so scared with my thoughts. I feel nausea and just want to cry all the time. I have to pick my son up from school later and I always hid how I am feeling from him.

[Rennie1989]

Intrusive thoughts are normal, especially the way you're reacting to them. If you feel disgusted and worried about the thoughts then it means you are normal. You will never act on them for that reason. Keep this in mind, once the thought rears its ugly head just accept it's there, let it go on its own, and you'll feel better. Fighting them off gives it more fuel.

I'm sorry to hear about the post natal anxiety, are you getting any support for it?

[Clc70]

Hi,

Yes I'm having treatment for the PND, I started sertraline a few months ago and I have a councillor who specialises in PND.

With the thoughts they scare me as they can be so persistent and change so frequently. At the moment they are all about I am going to be like this forever, what if I get depression, what if I can't cope, what if I go insane. I then get upset, and try to hide it from my kids which then makes me more stressed.

I just want to feel me again.

My youngest is now 18 months. I had PND when she was8 months, and I am left with anxiety really, not really low apart from the anxiety !