a bit sensitive - news headlines have me in tears!

[fionas]

Yep, I used to be a news junkie but I avoid anything to do with harm to children, famines and hey, I even have to turn over these days if I'm watching a wildlife program and a bear cub has got separated from Mummy Bear.

[krysalyss]

I think it is pretty natural to feel those feelings. I have always been animal mad and have always been especially sensitive to animal cruelty stories. Child stories made me uncomfortable but not to the same extent. Now I have DS I find myself overly sensitive to both, especially if the child is the same age as DS or one of his cousins because I feel it like I have lost one of them IYKWIM. I don't think you go back to being the same but you start to learn your limits.

[Bel]

I went through a period when TTC and going through IVF where I refused to watch the news. I told my husband they should rename it "Tragedy" cause that was all they showed at 6pm.

Bel

[*charmalea*]

i cried when i read about a newborn getting drowned in the toilet (on ninemsn) i thought about the poor soul all day , sad news stories really get to me , im quite empathetic and when ever i put my self in someones shoes i really feel for them

[sloane]

i can't watch animal shows any more. i always got a bit upset if something happened to an animal but now i just can't watch the shows at all.

[MantaRay]

I am the same and it's been over 2 years since I was last pg. Apparently the emotional synapses in the brain increase during pg and then stay there. I don't think it's such a bad thing though.

[Rouge]

MR you are right, my MIL (in her 50's all children grown) is STILL the same. She cries when she reads about children dying and can't get it out of her head.