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Menopause Discussion => Other Health Discussion => Topic started by: bramble on March 27, 2014, 06:25:12 PM

Title: Unsettling times
Post by: bramble on March 27, 2014, 06:25:12 PM

Does anyone else find that as they get older, they cannot shrug off bad news as easily? I have just heard that someone I know is seriously ill and it has really unsettled me - it has been in my mind for the last day and I cannot shrug it off. Is it just me or is it all a part of getting older?

Bramble

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Limpy on March 27, 2014, 06:46:07 PM

It is not just you.
If anything bad happens I just can't shrug it off.
Don't know whether it's meno or getting older, or are they the same thing......    :-\

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Wombat on March 27, 2014, 09:10:18 PM

It is definitely not you.....I worry incessantly at the moment xx

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: honeybun on March 27, 2014, 09:42:57 PM

I dwell on lots of things these days. I always manage to find the worse case scenario and then worry about it.

I never used to be like that until anxiety struck.

I'm also very good at feelings of doom.


Honeyb
x

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Joyce on March 27, 2014, 10:23:13 PM

I'm the same. Though hubby reckons I worry for worry's sake.

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Milliemoo7 on March 27, 2014, 11:53:22 PM

Yes, it's horrible.  I am trying to be more positive this year....but things just stick in my mind. Also, when things go wrong even after they are resolved they stay with me. I have resolved to go back to Mindfulness Meditation to help with this.

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Greyhoundgal on March 28, 2014, 01:18:05 PM

I think it is part of getting older - we realise our own mortality as well I suppose......

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Mrs January on March 28, 2014, 05:09:13 PM

Hey

I am the same too sometimes...my counsellor says live in the present and I do try hard to stick to it xxxx

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Wombat on March 28, 2014, 11:32:23 PM

My dad aged 88 has just been admitted to hospital with cellulitis so now I am having feelings of doom and gloom..... Horrible anxiety and feelings of panic in my tummy

I wish I had a way to control it.... 

I know it is irrational but don't seem to be able to control it. 

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Taz2 on March 29, 2014, 06:34:35 PM

It's quite natural you should feel like this at the moment though Wombat. It is very emotional when a parent is admitted to hospital - not something we get used to. I hope he is soon well again.

Taz x

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: honeybun on March 29, 2014, 07:42:02 PM

I agree. When someone close to us is unwell it's very stressful.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.


Honeyb
x

Title: Re: Unsettling times
Post by: Wombat on March 29, 2014, 11:41:41 PM

THANKYOU all.....  He seems more settled today.   Wish I could say the same x