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Q: Confused On a Few Things ...
asked by: Lauren_Jay15 on May 22nd, 2007
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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. Embarassed 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. Crying or Very sad 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! Crying or Very sad
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onmyway_0x
replied on May 22nd, 2007
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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
replied on May 22nd, 2007
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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
replied on May 23rd, 2007
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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! Crying or Very sad
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