Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

How do we cope without a village? I'm pregnant and I have no family or friends to help me. I probably won't have a baby shower and nobody will purchase from my registry. All I have is judgment it feels like.

Mu daughter is part of friendship group.Theres 3 girls.I feel like two other mums make an effort with each other because they have full families and husbands a d never include me.I m single and I feel like kne of the mums encourage friendship with the other girl not mine and I can't help feeling it's because I m on ...

I didn’t expect to feel this lonely, I’ve told a few people and it just feels like nobody really asks or talks to me about it and just isn’t excited. Even my partner isn’t as excited this time around😢just makes it hard to feel excited

I am a SAHM I mean I have been one for 8 years, but once my son started school I got my license to tattoo and started working in a shop.. then I got pregnant with my daughter had some health complications and now I’m a full blown SAHM again. Well we recently moved away from my family my entire support system into a ...

Sorry if this comes across negative but I really feel so alone, I don’t have any friends who make an effort to see me, I have family but we have never been close so no one ever visits me. I honestly feel like I’m sinking :( I just want a friend but seems I just need to accept I won’t ever have genuine friends - ever...

I feel like my only identity is being a mom and a fiancé I feel like I don’t have anything . I finally got ready today and I feel different . I just feel like I lost my pink and sparkle . Me and my fiancé all we do is fight.

I have a good job opportunity with a nice package to move abroad. My child will be 2.5 then. I know a couple of people there but there won’t be a village. I’ll have a live in nanny which is affordable and common in this part of the world. I am so EXCITED but also petrified!!!!!!! Going to a new country, new job, new...

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Hey! Mum of two ( 1 year old & an almost 3 year old) I feel so extremely isolated. I have 0 friends & whilst I’m literally never alone not even to use the loo I feel more alone than I ever have. My husband works Monday-Friday & unfortunately I stopped working due to health reasons a couple months ago. I just don’t k...

Imagine expressing your dreams and aspirations to someone and they say “it’s your life” no encouragement no nothing. It hurts but it’s more like babe you gotta do this without him. It’s just crazy how people are.. idk

i feel numb i dontvl remember my pregnancy giving birth newborn stage i think im depressed. i havent adapted to having a baby. i do everything to look after him but i feel disconnected the pregnancy itself was unplanned and a shock. i feel like i lost myself and no longer have a life. i like being a mum but im tire...

my mental health not been stable from dealing with a lot of stress

What have y'all been self discovery on? what helps y'all to self improvement?

My boyfriend is the last person I'd talk to about my feelings or ask for help with anything because he makes me feel shite 😣.. Genuinely love and hate him all in one!

I didn’t think I’d ever be in this situation. I need someone to talk to about what I’m going through. I’m so lonely and hurt.

I am using a lot of emotional energy at work. Emails especially. Just feels people are waiting for you to misstep. How do you ladies do it?

Really struggling at the moment to bond with my little one, some days there really good where I feel my normal self other days I struggle and need my mum or partner around has anyone else felt like this?

I feel completely stuck! I'm not happy with my life the way it is, can't change it, can't leave My kids don't listen to me, house is too small, always arguing with husband. I'm disabled and husband is my carer, always struggling for money, no friends, no family, no where to escape too. I'm not happy and I'm stuck

I work at a drug rehab facility and I feel like the hardest part of my job is seeing previous clients I wanted to succeed, back in the detox unit. I honestly hate that part of the job so much because you want them to succeed in recovery.