a bit sensitive - news headlines have me in tears!

[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.

[katykins]

THanks. It's some comfort to know I'm not the only one blubbering about the news.

It just makes me feel so powerless about things that go wrong in the world. I see the story and I just think there is absolutely nothing I can do to help that child, animal, person. It's too late now!

I guess the only thing I can do is to look after the things I do have control over, I can always protect my kids to the best of my ability so that none of those things will happen to them and they'll be safe and happy. ANd if I do feel that some other poor soul is in trouble, I guess then I can intervene and report it. But that's about the only thing I really can do.

But if the synapses (sp?) are set then I'll probably always get the heart pounding feeling when I hear about something else. Like in Melbourne today they're reporting two attempted abductions of young school girls. Guys physically grabbing them and trying to get them into a car. The only good thing is that the perverts were unsuccessful. I just dread what will be in tomorrows news!