Hi there,
I've suffered with anxiety for around 3 years now. It started off mainly health based, where I'd worry about every symptom being something deadly and dangerous. Nonetheless, this was never the case. However, I've been with my boyfriend for nearly 2 and a half years, and as a sexually active person with anxiety (the 2 don't mix well) I often get feelings of worry and anxiousness over the thought of being pregnant. Bearing in mind we use contraception and we are both responsible with regards to protection, I know that this shouldn't be of worry to me.
My boyfriend has got incredibly frustrated with me, with my sudden bouts of anxiety over 'Am I pregnant?'. He tells me logical things about the biology of it all (It's not likely... menstrual cycles... use of contraception etc.) but my anxiety chucks all logic out of the window. He doesn't understand this. He thinks that I simply don't believe him and trust what he has to say, but it's my anxiety.
I 'test' whether I'm pregnant by feeling my stomach at least once a day. Even when my period comes I still have thoughts in the back of my head that there is a still a possibility.
Is anyone else going through a similar thing? The anxiety is really putting a strain on my relationship and I don't really know what to do.
Many thanks,
lilsyy