Flu season anxiety

[janporc]

I have been dealing with bad anxiety during this flu season. Turning on the T.V or going online and finding out the news about kids dying from the flu had took my anxiety up. Having two children (4 & 7 yo) and thinking about this just makes me cry and hug them all the time. As it wasn't enough tonight while having supper my husband mentioned his child's coworker died from the flu this past weekend so I spent the rest of my night with tears on my eyes and thinking the worst. Now I am sitting here with chest and arm pain wishing to put my children in a bubble until flu season goes away. Does anybody goes throughout the same?.

[Usagold]

Hey Jan, the reason most of us have anxiety symptoms is b/c our minds go to the worst possible outcome. You have to try to stop thinking negatively and line your thinking up with the truth. The truth is, fortunately, deaths from flu are very very rare and usually, not always, are people who are older or weak or immunocompromised. If your kids get the flu, there’s better than 99% chance they will be fine and have lifetime immunity to that strain, which is a good thing. It’s not so bad. I think I had it & now my husband might. We didn’t go to the doctor, but I had a fever for 3 days and sore throat, congestion, & cough & now he does. I hope it was the flu, so that’s one more strain I don’t have to worry about. Remember it’s okay and normal and even healthy for kids to get sick sometimes, so try not to worry. I do focus on eating right & taking extra Vit C & D this time of year to keep the immune system strong.

[janporc in reply to Usagold]

Thank you for your words. Yes, I always think the chance of die is small. My husband always tells me then chance to die in a car accident is higher than dying from the flu. But when a flu death hits to somebody you know (in this case somebody in town) makes me panic. Since fall I keep giving my kids vit c, vit d, probiotics and eldelberry syrup. Just wishing things get better. Thanks again for taking the time to answer I'll try to take it easy and live a normal life.