low in mood, overthinking..

Hi mummies, since i got into 3rd trimester i feel quite stressed. not sure if its due to the hormones.. but i realised that my anxiety is triggering alr. i have been overthinking, i feel like no one (especially my partner) cares, i feel lonely and super low almost everyday. i tried to tell my partner about it, but he doesn't seem to understand or wants to know more.. which upsets me even further. firstly the main problem was because i feel like lack of attention from him as he is now working 12hrs shift so we rarely get to talk during the day. even after his shift ends, he would talk to me about 5mins then play his mobile game till he reached home after shower have his meal etc he will continue gaming again. at times he would reply me in between his matches but these days he would reply me after he is done and wants to sleep. he was on leave for 2 days, but we rarely get to talk still. i really feel like shitt, like i am not important. i am getting really stressed about it as i tend to think alot and i have been crying myself to sleep for nights now.😔

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Try to speak to him again? He might not understand the extent of what you're feeling. A lot of men are clueless like that. Around the mid of my 2nd trimester, I started feeling depressed. My hubby is quite a workaholic, and he needs to attend work calls at nights quite often, since he works in an MNC. And when he's preoccupied, he hears nothing when I talk. After work, he would watch tv and fall asleep on the sofa, so I sometimes don't have the chance to talk to him properly. I felt very alone, because I thought he didn't seem to be that interested, and I had to make a lot of the arrangements on my own (source for confinement nanny, come up with list of things to buy, look for prenatal course, buy my own prenatal nourishment). There are times when I looked at how he worked, and I worry that I would have to struggle to take care of the baby alone, when she's here. I kept picturing myself carrying the baby, and both of us crying helplessly. Also, my grandma, who brought me up, passed away around then during the circuit breaker period, and it caused me to be further depressed. I cried myself to sleep many nights, and sometimes I wake up halfway and end up not being able to go back to sleep. It was only on one day when my hubby saw me break down and cry, that he realised I'm really not alright. He got a lot more involved after that, and things are a lot better. I also agree to seek professional help if needed. Check with your gynae if she could refer you. You're not in this alone, so don't carry this burden by yourself. It is alright to seek help. Take care!

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