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Is it social anxiety

Last week Leslie was reading a newspaper printed by the local hospital and there was a notice for all those couples who are planning a family or plan to expand their family to come down for “Pickles & Ice Cream”. The casual event has exhibits, demonstrations about pregnancy and the opportunity to talk to doctors if you have questions. We are planning a family and are trying to learn about the possible affects a pregnancy will have on her if she has depression while carrying a child. Leslie asked me if I would like to go with her and I told her that I would. Well when it came time to go she backed out and told me she couldn’t go because she was nervous. This nervous energy had nothing to do with depression and everything to do with social anxiety. She felt that if we went to this event then she would tell her mum and then people would think we were starting a family immediately and she felt that there would be pressure to get pregnant right now.

I haven’t been able to classify her ability to magnify simple things into negative mental outcomes. Is it social anxiety or depression related? The truth is I don’t know. One thing is for sure though, I’m going to have to do some research on techniques we can use to help her through it so she can enjoy more of what our world has to offer.