Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

Anyone else feeling lonely, isolated and overwhelmed even though our journey in this newborn phase has been 2 months++? It's been an up and down journey for me. There are easier days but also the harder days. I am beginning to feel like it's a lonely experience so far as everyday feels the same. I hope I'm not alone...

Do you put reminders for yourself (self care, self love, eat etc) around the house or on your phone?

I'm only pregnant with my first so it's not like I even have more at home to think about but my brain is all consumed with what to buy and planning things and being excited for what's to come. And when my friends are talking about other things I almost feel bad about the fact I'm not as interested as I used to be ca...

Hi mamas… I’m struggling I’m pregnant with my first baby due June 19th and it’s still early, but I just feel so lonely. I never would have thought the friends I had wouldn’t be there for me in pregnancy so I’m feeling a bit down lately. Anyone else experience this?

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I understand needing credit for purchasing a home, getting approved for things but trying to catch up on other debts is not worth the stress to me anymore. Just trying to survive & make sure I can afford living at this point.

How do you mummy’s time going out with your little ones? I always want to go out and about for a walk but I just feel so overwhelmed with leaving alone. Do you guys feel more comfortable leaving when they are awake or whilst napping? I don’t know why but I always feel so anxious.

Does anyone else really struggle to get out with their baby? I feel so guilty that we don’t go places very often but I have really bad social anxiety and don’t drive. We’ve just moved house and there are so many baby groups etc. where we live that I’d love to go to, but unless I have someone with me I find them real...

First day without daddy. I was supposed to go to a group at 1030. Little one wouldn’t settle after being dressed. So just ended up cuddling to sleep. Not even made it downstairs. We have an appointment at 3.20 I’m dreading it. I just can’t seem to manage anything. I feel such a failure

I don't like my life. This wasn't how my life was supposed to go. I just want to feel truly happy and at peace. I figured that once I finish High school I'll move away from my hometown and create this new version of me. But I ended up getting pregnant, staying at home with my parents, and not going to college. 4 yea...

It’s been so hard recently with friends who also have children on the spectrum excluding me and my daughter from outings they do as a group. My daughter who is 3 has limited speech and doesn’t really interact with other kids but likes to be in their presence. The other two kids are very affectionate towards each oth...

Hi, just wondered how everyone is finding maternity leave? I feel like I should be loving every second of it and doing loads of fun things. However I actually seem to find it quite lonely and very repetitive. The best way I can describe it is you spend all day being so busy but not actually really doing…

Feeling lost and lonely in the midst of being a mom of four. Feel like everytime I take 2 steps forward I get shoved 3 steps back 🙄. Wish I had a hug rn 🥹

Does anyone else feel guilty for not taking their children out on activities,I sometimes feel guilty for not doing stuff with my kids 1 and 2, don't get me wrong,I play activities with them at home also take them to a softplay quite a lot so I have a lot of quality time with them but feel guilty for not going out o...

So this year has been horrendous, made some friends but just recently cut them off as they were toxic beyond belief and was just causing issues.. I have a best friend who lives a while away (neither of us drive) but I just feel like I’m on my own all the time I’m a mum of 6, youngest is nearly 3 now and we don’t do ...

I don't know why I exist anymore at home it's clear all I am to my children is no more than a nanny to look after their every need but with no respect or care or love back To my husband I'm just there to give him "attention" when he needs and when I don't there's that lingering awkwardness in the air just there to ...

I feel so lonely. I have never had lots of friends but always few close friends I can talk to. Me and my husband are the first ones to have kids in our friends group. I feel so left out now. I have tried to communicate that we need to meet up more often. All my friends want to come see the babe, but not thinking ab...

How do you cut off your own family because they are toxic. All I have ever wanted is peace in my life and im stopping at nothing to make that happen. Like literally I have mental health issues and no one in my family understands it and is scared of it so I am being accused of being a drug addict. Like are we kidding...

I am a mum of 5 year old girl with husband in military working away from home during the week... we have moved to live close to his family to have people around us, being part of family. With husbands a lot of siblings we hope to be part of the large group, unfortunately we are not considered being part of a team.. ...

All day today when I stand I genuinely feel like I have a watermelon about to fall out my bum the pressure is unreal 😂 surely this has to be a good sign and not another ‘doesn’t mean anything’