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If you are new to sending your kids to summer camp, let me reassure you that while they are away, you can relax your worrying muscles. I know it’s not rational (few things about parenting are), but I believe my kids are always safest when they’re home with me. But I’m also concerned about their safety, secretly wishing they would just STAY HOME, then counting the days until they return. Every time I’ve ever dropped my kids off for a new adventure without me, I’m excited for them. While you’ll always be a careful and cautious mother, a level of worry that changes your brain chemistry is related to depression and not being a cautious mother.Worrying when our kids are away from us is normal for parents. I’d read the information about depression on this website.
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If your youngest child is less than 18 months old, you may have added a post-partum depression to the normal bereavement associated with your father’s passing. I would recommend consulting with your physician or OB/GYN regarding the depression.
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This is a clinical depression and is typically treated with a combination of antidepressant medication and counseling/therapy. The fact that appetite, sleep, and other physical functions are disrupted tells us your depression is more than feeling sad. You begin to relive and reexperience your father’s loss although the children are the subject. When this happens, the Emotional Memory (see article on this website) associated with your father’s death is triggered by concern for your children. You fear something bad will happen to your children and you will experience the devastating grief and depression you experienced with the loss of your father. That depression may add any issues we are experiencing at the time to the number of obsessive thoughts and worry.Īll depression has obsessive thoughts, and a fear of loss/harm related to your children is a common thought, likely linked to the loss of your father. Typically within 9-12 months after the death, another wave of depression surfaces. After several months, our life seems to return to a type of normal although a moderate bereavement remains. During that time, we receive additional support from family and friends. The first episode occurs at the time of the loss and is obvious to those around us - that initial grief and bereavement stage. In the loss of a loved family member, we often experience two episodes of depression. It is very likely that the loss of your father, which you described as devastating, is still with you, only taking a different form. Yes, this is a sign of depression and anxiety…as are your symptoms of worry all the time, loss of appetite, and inability to sleep. Is this a sign of depression or anxiety disorder? Psychologist’s Reply I have been in grief counseling but this fear that something will happen to my children, in particular my youngest, is causing me to lose sleep, not eat, and I worry all the time. My dad passed away last August which has devastated me. I am so scared and worry constantly about losing my children. I can’t explain these feelings, I get them at times, and at certain times they are worse. I was shocked when I discovered I was pregnant again with my son a year and 1/2 after my daughter was born. I did, by some miracle, become pregnant and had my daughter. I went through years of infertility treatments and was told that I may never have children. I get these “feelings” that something bad is going to happen to my children.
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