Anxiety About Death

Ke

Ok this is gruesome... but ever since having my baby (about 6mo ago) I have had so much anxiety over the thought of myself or my baby dying.

I will be walking with her in my arms and the image of her falling from my arms and breaking her neck flashes through my mind. Drowning in the bathtub. Electrocuted by an outlet I’ve missed. Etc.

But what’s worse is I think of myself dying... choking... heart failure in the middle of the night... car accident. And I can practically hear her crying for me. Being in a mangled car and I’m already dead and she’s just crying for help. My husband holding her as she just cries helplessly for me.

I haven’t had any problems with PPD and I don’t have any anxieties about anything else in life. I’ve never been an anxious person at all. But this has me wondering, is this concerning? Or is this what comes with being a mother and worrying about your kids all the time.