becbec89xx
06-03-15, 15:18
Hi guys.. new here as have been searching for a forum re GAD and panic attacks/agoraphobia.
A bit of background on me.. I'm 25 (F) and unemployed due to the above.
I was doing okay.. have had GAD and panic attacks now for 10 years. But had a breakdown in August of last year and became housebound.. anyway bad spell ended around November and now I'm left unable to drive/walk alone. I can't be around many people at all and I am jittery/anxious most days. I am working on myself through diet, exercise, CBT and exposure therapy.
I am married and own my own home.. and we desperately want a baby. We have all the base for a family.. money, home, etc. But I sometimes wonder if I'm cut out for it.
(I am also med-free)
Would I be ok being pregnant with all the hormones?
I'm also an emetophobic (morning sickness!)
My anxiety gets worse time of the month.. is this an inkling?
How would I handle labour?
More importantly would I be an awful person making myself a Mother when in effect I can't really look after myself?
I have heard some people lost anxiety because of motherhood and pregnancy as there is then something more important than themselves.. and i don't have that. My days are very slow and I don't have any other issues than worrying about me me me all the time.
I'm just really stuck.. my home based CBT starts next week and I've made a new routine to step up my exposure daily, several times a day.
I don't want life to pass me by..
Anxiety struggle suck :mad:
- An extra note - I can't go into any shops.. am getting there with going in other peoples houses and I can walk halfway around the park
Any help/advice would be much appreciated
x
A bit of background on me.. I'm 25 (F) and unemployed due to the above.
I was doing okay.. have had GAD and panic attacks now for 10 years. But had a breakdown in August of last year and became housebound.. anyway bad spell ended around November and now I'm left unable to drive/walk alone. I can't be around many people at all and I am jittery/anxious most days. I am working on myself through diet, exercise, CBT and exposure therapy.
I am married and own my own home.. and we desperately want a baby. We have all the base for a family.. money, home, etc. But I sometimes wonder if I'm cut out for it.
(I am also med-free)
Would I be ok being pregnant with all the hormones?
I'm also an emetophobic (morning sickness!)
My anxiety gets worse time of the month.. is this an inkling?
How would I handle labour?
More importantly would I be an awful person making myself a Mother when in effect I can't really look after myself?
I have heard some people lost anxiety because of motherhood and pregnancy as there is then something more important than themselves.. and i don't have that. My days are very slow and I don't have any other issues than worrying about me me me all the time.
I'm just really stuck.. my home based CBT starts next week and I've made a new routine to step up my exposure daily, several times a day.
I don't want life to pass me by..
Anxiety struggle suck :mad:
- An extra note - I can't go into any shops.. am getting there with going in other peoples houses and I can walk halfway around the park
Any help/advice would be much appreciated
x