Anyone worries/paranoid about stuff like me?

July_2009

Everytime I hear a mother losing her child, I get into the panic mode! I bawl, get depressed and just feel sick in my stomach. Yesterday when I heard Elizabeth Edwards had lost a teenage son (I didn't know it), I went into panic mode and started worrying to death about something happening to my DS.

Is this normal? How do mothers with only one child not worry about these things (not that mothers with more children have any to spare, but YKWIM). I was talking to DH about it and was being pushy about having more kids..LOL.

I guess my panic comes from knowing a friend who died recently in a motor cycle accident in DC and he was the parents only child. As much as I would like to be one and done, I sometimes wonder if I should have more kids...I know its a personal decision, but how do mothers not worry about such stuff. Crazy!

AfterAll

Thos things cross my mind, and I have certainly become more emotional and empathetic since having a child.  I mentioned the other day that in reading/watching stuff about the Holocaust it was almost too much for me to handle because now that I have a child, my perspective has changed.

If this is something that is really bothering you, a lot... like keeping you from functioning properly and feeling a bit like anxiety, def talk to someone about it though.

lovebug630

Yes, I do. That's why I try not to watch the news; I can choose my topics off MSN and don't have to worry about coming across something like that. We're one and done, so I do think about those things.

Also, there are certain shows I can't watch anymore, like Criminal Minds. It used to be my favorite, but I can't take it anymore.

I'm with pp, though, if it's interfering with your life, you should definitely talk to someone about it.

aliciamariel

I don't go quite into panic mode, but it does make me teary.  Yesterday with all the Elizabeth Edwards stuff, thinking about her poor kids, and how she had lost one child already, I got so sad.  Then I went to where I volunteer and the little girl I was helping out lost her mom (not sure if the mom's just no longer in the picture or if she passed away), and it made me so sad that this little girl doesn't have a mommy anymore.  I squeezed my baby boy a lot harder and longer when I got home last night.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

Stories of children being harmed really affect me now.  The 2 year old who was raped in the Dollar Tree store last Wed. happened near me and that really shook up both my husband and I.  I had that on my mind for days, I kept thinking of what if that happened in our family, or what would happen if I was shopping in the store and witnessed that.  I would need counseling.  I can't get it out of my head about the pain and anguish that girl's family must have towards that sick $*#&.

I couldn't imagine losing Katie, my whole world would completely crumble.  I don't know how parent's who lose a child go on living, they have strength in them that I admire because I would be a total basket-case.

Turbid

I feel bad after hearing/reading stories about those who have lost children, but I don't panic. It's wasted energy in my opinion. I know I'm doing everything I can to keep my child safe and I will not be in control of everything else that happens. I guess that makes me extremely laid back.