littlewaternymph
29-04-10, 01:24
Hi,
I'm 20 and I suffer from the fear that i'll lose my mum. She's not ill, neither has she ever been seriously ill, yet I still worry about it. I think it may stem from the fact that we're very close and the idea of life without her is terrifying and i dont think id be able to cope.
When i'm at home (im a student living away during term) I can't sleep because i'm worrying about her so much so that I have to go check throughout the night, I can stop myself, but i still feel the panic so i dont feel it gets me anywhere. It is worse when im at home maybe because i feel that i'm there so if anything happened and i didnt do anything when i could have then id hate myself.
However even when at uni i worry about her and so have to speak to her on the phone a couple of times a day and when i cant get hold of her i panic until i can.
If anyone has any tips on how to get myself out of this cycle i would be really grateful.
Thanks:)
I'm 20 and I suffer from the fear that i'll lose my mum. She's not ill, neither has she ever been seriously ill, yet I still worry about it. I think it may stem from the fact that we're very close and the idea of life without her is terrifying and i dont think id be able to cope.
When i'm at home (im a student living away during term) I can't sleep because i'm worrying about her so much so that I have to go check throughout the night, I can stop myself, but i still feel the panic so i dont feel it gets me anywhere. It is worse when im at home maybe because i feel that i'm there so if anything happened and i didnt do anything when i could have then id hate myself.
However even when at uni i worry about her and so have to speak to her on the phone a couple of times a day and when i cant get hold of her i panic until i can.
If anyone has any tips on how to get myself out of this cycle i would be really grateful.
Thanks:)