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[quote=Anonymous]We had a kid about a year ago and my blood pressure is through the roof, especially since the child is with us all day due to no daycare. Becoming a parent has brought on an anxiety disorder that manifests itself through OCD/environmental sensitivity that I never realized I had.

-I get extremely flustered/anxious when the child is screaming, yelling, and generally acting like a maniac. My heart starts beating through my chest, I can't think clearly, I shut down.
-When the kid starts making a mess, I freak out. I can't sit down or chill out until the mess is cleaned up. I feel like I am cleaning my house 5x per day. 
-We have a small house and I just feel claustrophobic with all the baby stuff + whatever mess the child has made today. We have way too much stuff in the house. We are not getting rid of anything because "what if we want to have another baby?" It's unnerving and I feel like the walls of my house are caving in with stuff.
-I feel that I have no time to engage in my hobbies or even exercise, because we have to trade off watching the baby plus trying to work. I have gained 15 pounds, we eat crap, and I just generally feel so unhealthy. My sleep was become disordered, as I wake up multiple times per night. If I get a chance to exercise, I manage to sleep soundly. I'd say that I only sleep 5-6 hours per night, probably due to general anxiety.

Fortunately, the baby is sleep trained and does a solid 12 hours per night. Naps are intermittent and inconsistent in recent weeks.

I really just want to exercise and try to lead a healthier life, but we are literally trapped at home all day. I feel that my work quality is suffering, I am a lot less productive (our "To Do" list is so long), and it's just easier to watch Netflix at 8pm than deal with life.

How do people handle this? What am I doing wrong? Our only activities are seeing local relatives on the week and it's just not enough to stay engaged.

I feel like I'm going nuts. I can't even engage in a discussion of having another kid - it literally sounds like the worst idea in the world.[/quote]

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