Hello, I was wondering if anyone else suffered or suffers with post natal anxiety.
My husband is in the military and he was deployed for 4 months (he went when our daughter was 5 months old) 2 months into our deployment I began struggling with anxiety, severe panic attacks and OCD thoughts around health and safety. I put it down to him being away at first but then after some therapy it turned out to be post natal anxiety. I’ve had CBT therapy and I am doing a lot better than what I was doing but I still have that lingering but of anxiety which makes going out to coffee shops / restaurants / busy places still a bit of a struggle. It’s been around a month since my therapy stopped and was wondering how long did it take for people stopping therapy and working on themselves for the anxiety to stop! Thanks ☺️
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Hi! I found CBT so useful the times I've had it (before and after baby) but personally the anxiety never goes away - it's just managed by regularly working on it! So I like to give myself little 'CBT refreshers' regularly to keep it up, I get my therapy notes out and put the date and give myself a little refresher with my notes based on whatever's going on currently. Even if not currently anxious at the time it's good to think about what you're doing well too x

I do and I have found the ahead app to be really helpful for the anxiety and the whatsapp chat that comes with the ahead app too

Amazing thank you! X