Confused On a Few Things ... Posted: 05-22-07 07:27am
Hi all, these last few days have been a
bit of a nightmare...Quite long, sorry.
I asked someone from here the other day
this but was just wondering who else
experienced these kind of things during
pregnancy. I'm 23 weeks pregnant and for
the past 8-9 weeks I've been suffering
with quite severe bad thoughts and
imagining bad things. Things keep coming
into my head about my mum, me or my baby
being hurt, like the other day I was in
the shower and I was convinced someone was
in the house so I got out the shower,
shampoo and all in my hair, grabbed a
towel and the mirror in our bathroom and
went and checked every room.
And last night I heard a "humming" sound
coming from the central heating in my mums
room and I'd never noticed it before so
started imagining all sorts, thinking it
might set fire so deliberately kept myself
awake to make sure if anything happened I
could save my mum. I
know this sounds so stupid but its really
upsetting me and then when I finally did
fall asleep I had two dreams of being in
different situations but in both dreams I
was in a fire. HELP?! Is this normal! I
feel like I'm going mad!
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onmyway_0x
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Joined: 12 Jan 2007 Posts: 759 Location: Canada
Posted: 05-22-07 15:05pm
I think it's okay to feel like that.
Almost like a paranoia type deal.
I don't get thoughts quite like that but I
swear everytime I'm in a vehicle I imagine
horrific crashes and then I imagine
something happening to the baby, like me
losing her but me staying alive. I swear
it's like a movie playing in my head so it
really works me up to the point where i'm
digging my fingers into my legs because I
am so tensed up.
I think it's because I'm pregnant that I
think like that, because now you have this
HUGE responsibility so you imagine these
god awful scenarios as though your scared
of the responsibility itself.
Your gonna be a mom and the worst is yet
to come... at least thats what my mom
says! She says she plays out the most
unimaginable things in her head anytime
she doesn't know where I am , because
she's a mom and she worries.
I'm sorry if this is hard to understand I
wrote it fast ... I just wanted to let you
know I know how you feel ... Your not a
weirdo for thinking like that ... and the
best thing is to just talk yourself down
when your feeling scared like that.
Ever wanna chat about your scary thoughts
PM me! haha I could write a book with all
of mine!
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kaerbear
Most Diplomatic Poster
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1557 Location: ,
Posted: 05-22-07 15:34pm
I kinda get like that sometimes.
Especially about car accidents. I'm
always worried about people I know being
safe on the road and I get scared when
someone else is driving because there are
so many careless drivers out there. I
just pray about it. I say a little prayer
in the morning that god will watch my
fiancee as he goes to and from work and
let him come home safe to his family
because we all love him so much. And I
say the same kind of thing for my mom and
my neice. I told my guy about it and he
just laughed at me, but it makes me feel
better.
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Lauren_Jay15
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 16 Mar 2007 Posts: 483 Location: ,
Posted: 05-23-07 06:27am
Hey, thank you both. I swear I'm really
dragging myself down about it, and now I
know 3 people experience similar things I
don't feel quite so alone. I guess it is a
case of just talking myself out of these
thoughts and trusting that me, my mum and
daughter are all safe and happy now and
there's no reason for anything bad to
happen. Man, pregnancy really sucks!
And last night I heard a "humming" sound
coming from the central heating in my mums
room and I'd never noticed it before so
started imagining all sorts, thinking it
might set fire so deliberately kept myself
awake to make sure if anything happened I
could save my mum. 
I
know this sounds so stupid but its really
upsetting me and then when I finally did
fall asleep I had two dreams of being in
different situations but in both dreams I
was in a fire. HELP?! Is this normal! I
feel like I'm going mad! 
