Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

Does anyone else feel like mat leave isn't what they expected? I go to classes etc with my baby and talk to others mums but nothings materialised into friendships. Most of the time is just me and my little one as everyone else works 🤷‍♀️ it does get quite lonely

I feel like since I’ve become a mom that’s my entire identity now. Like it’s my whole personality. I don’t even know or remember what my personality was like before. I can’t have a conversation without mentioning my kids. My whole world revolves around them & don’t get me wrong, I love every minute of it. I guess i...

I have so much on my mind but logically I know talking about my problems accomplishes nothing. How do I reconcile this

I really need some friends, I’m really depressed I had a long difficult labor and almost died. Left the hospital and got Covid and now currently dealing with mastitis and potentially a mild prolapsed vagina. My baby girl is the best thing that’s ever happened to me but I’ve just been feeling so down

Recently came back to work after being off for personal reasons and since I’ve been back, I feel like my colleagues don’t just respect me or even acknowledge me sometimes 😭. Generally makes me feel like I’m invisible! Am I just imagining things and being paranoid or is it just the truth of it all? Sorry rant over!

She's only a road away but it's the first time so I'm feeling all sorts mixed emotions..excited me and hubby get some free alone time to spend outside celebrating valentines 💝 but also sad I'll miss her loads...

No purpose to this post other than to get it off my chest. I've spent my whole adult life trying to live a life that I felt was expected of me and what everyone else around me was doing. I've made some very shitty choices and really can't do much about it now. I feel like I don't fit in with anything, like it's a st...

When I became a mom, everything shifted in my life. My focus naturally turned to my child, and my social circle started shrinking. Between sleepless nights, baby care, and adjusting to a new routine, I found it hard to balance friendships. I also felt disconnected from others who weren’t going through the same life...

Is anyone else feeling extremely lonely and isolated? My partner works all week, I've recently moved to a new area so don't really know anyone even though I've been going to groups 2-3 times a week... It's just me and my LB a lot of the time

I’m terrified of not being able to have any life anymore I know when I have my baby my life is gone my life will evolve around them but I’m scared I won’t be able to go out with my friends for like 3 years or till they’re 2 but I’ll be to scared to leave them alone but then at the same time I love being alone so it’...

I sat in a baby group today and surrounded by a room full of mums I just felt so alone. Most mum’s there had a friend. It’s soul destroying. I feel frustrated by myself. I don’t know why I find it so hard. Just wish I felt included. This isn’t the first group either. You have to try a few to find your people but I f...

My LO is 7 weeks old. And i heard everyone saying parenthood is lonely but I never thought it meant you have literally nobody. Anyone else feeling this way? I’m home alone with him through the day as my partner is in work. I have one close friend but she’s about to give birth any day now so we are unable to do anyth...

I feel completely drained all of the time. I am a STAHM of a 2 and 4 year old, and a husband that works a lot. I care SO deeply about being present for my kids, and I try so hard to teach and guide them with patience. But some days I feel like such a failure. I feel like this sounds so depressing, but being a momma ...

I have gotten lost in the shuffle and feel like nothing more than a maid, cook, and chauffer. I do so much for them and feel like my own self is taking the brunt of the blow. Without them I feel like I'm nothing but I also feel like I don't want this anymore. I feel hopeless and #3 is only about a month away... this...

Mom of 3. My partner travels often so I’m home a lot. Any other single moms want to be friends? Why is making friends so hard as an adult 🤣

Since when has motherhood been so lonely. I have 3 beautiful babies and in early stages of my fourth. But I’ve never felt lonelier. Don’t get me wrong I have my partner who is so supportive but it’s just not the same as having friends. Since becoming a mother nearly 10 years ago my friends have dwindled. I do suffer...

Single mumma here! I was away for 2 nights last weekend and it was fun!! My boy was with Nanny for the weekend 😍 I struggled on the last day.. got anxious & emotional, but I’m still proud of myself! 👊🏼 anyone else found it tough?!

Feel like I’m the very few who doesn’t have a village it gets me down sometimes I love my kids but I’m so overwhelmed. Not hating on the ones with a village

I’m done being reactive and taking my feelings out on other people, I’m done drinking it away and smoking it away. What are positive ways to release negative energy?

Or is it just me 🥲