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i need help please
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is there anybody there
i need some help i cant cope with this anymore please help
- jackson
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Hey CMF, he is ok now. A couple of nights in hospital last week but he is home now. Gave us all a fright. That was scary, getting a phone call from H to say she’s called the ambos, I left work straight away and had a couple of days off to deal with it. Back to his happy self now though, our big 2 month old 😮
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I got to be honest I’m finding life really hard at the moment
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I'm sorry to hear life is feeling really hard at the moment.
Is there anything that would help you to get off your chest?
It must have been so scary with W sick in the hospital.
Transitioning to being a father in itself is a huge challenge. Life has been turned upside down with the arrival of your son so remember to give yoursrlf some breathing space and don't expect too much from yourself all at once. It's an evolution as you grow together as a family.
That might be irrelevant to your current feelings, but thought I'd remind you anyway.
It's ok to not feel strong all the time. Nobody does.
🌻birdy
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Hey J,
What's happening?
CMF x
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Thanks Birdy, he’s so little, just seeing him there and not being able to help felt awful. I couldn’t even comfort him, cause he would just cry even more.
This week has just been difficult for me, I just can’t pinpoint why, overly anxious, a lot of the time, I have a lot to do home and work wise and I think it’s just trying to keep up with that. It’s all just sitting in my head and it’s all just getting a bit much for me.
I’ve been asked if taking some time off work might be helpful for me.
Im not sure right now that’s another thought filling up my brain and overfilling my bucket a little bit.
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Hi J
must be something in the air. I feel pretty crap too. You have had a major life change in becoming a parent, you've had W unwell and you're working. A few extra things thrown into the mix so I can understand your head feeling full. Woukd time off work help or are you worried about the thought of that?
how are W and H going? Don't forget you're only human and it tasked time to adjust to big changes.
hope you feel more settled soon. Be kind to yourself.
cmf x
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Thanks CMF
the whole taking time off work thing is stressing me out, which is the opposite of what it should be doing, work is allowing me some time to regroup if I need but the thought of that is making me more anxious
i guess taking time off is like admitting that this anxiety is a problem for me again
i like work and I like knowing what’s going on, yeah I’m one of those people that hates missing out on stuff, even though it will be nice to be home, I like going to work, I like that routine too, having a couple weeks off was supposed to be a helpful suggestion but kinda made it worse because I have to decide.
a lot happening with work too, I like what I’m doing but also see myself in another similar role with another organisation nearby, just not quite sure where I fit with anything in my life right now, at least there is one thing I can be sure of no matter what happens with everything else and that is, I’m Dad.
H and W are good, W is all better and H is doing well, those first couple months were hard on us both, especially for H being home all day, W didnt settle for anything at one stage, and we had a couple worried doctor trips thrown in there too, I was taking random days off and leaving work early to be home, but the fog is starting to lift now and things are calming down a bit, despite everything I said above about my anxiety.
W is sleeping we’ve started on a routine with him, seems to going ok, he’s happy and healthy, the main things.
Little chunker though, this kid screams during 3 second breaks while being fed, like mate, you clearly aren’t starving, as my step brother said today he has arms like a michelin man... that’s ok, there’s more to cuddle!!
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