By Lissa Harnish Poirot — 2020
Why the first weeks with baby are so tough—and how to get through them.
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Being a mom with anxiety, hard as it is, is actually the only kind of mom I want to be.
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My sister asks if she can take my son, her nephew, to the park—I say no, because if she were to get into a car accident with him and he died, I could never forgive her.
I was diagnosed as a teenager with generalized anxiety disorder and social anxiety. Everything gave me anxiety: people, schoolwork, making decisions—it all made me panic. Over time, I learned strategies to handle my anxiety. Then I had kids.