Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

Is anyone else feeling extreme fatigue but still wishing to be out and about doing things. Maybe a bit of FOMO and loneliness- not sure what it is exactly for me so reaching out to see if others are feeling this way and anything they have found to help them. I’m at 35 weeks and due to start mat leave in Jan which I’...

So as my baby is young and can’t sit up I feel silly going to a church playgroup…. Does anyone know of anything I can do as I’m always shopping or alone!!

Why on my bad days motherhood feels like such a burden like i feel so lost and not myself at all. I never know does that mean I’m depressed it seems like alittle more often then i would like. Just need some mamas who get it.

I knew this day would come.. Little girl always been a mummas gal.. comes to mumma over everyone. Till today I had a friend over (second time she met them) and 3 times she picked them over mumma and it literally broke me and I held it together.. Sounds so stupid doesnt it 🙄 felt horrid.. I knew this day would…

Feeling extremely lonely and invisible this time around. Lost my Best Friend and have been feeling disconnected to my partner lately. Feel like I can’t talk to anyone and actually feel better these days.

I don't regret having my daughter, but getting married at 22 and suddenly getting pregnant literally three months after whilst still in education and being used to travelling and going out etc... Now being stuck inside singing row your boat... Not great. Only upside is my studies but I feel like I can't fully immers...

Can you feel your letdown?

Anyone else kinda nervous about being on leave?! I’m very fortunate and get 24 weeks of leave in Massachusetts. But I’m worried about being alone most of that time! Like after the first few weeks and such what do you do all day??? My husband works from home so will be here. But I get a lot of my socialization out of...

This Xmas break I want to meet with some friends for lunch. I’ve never left baby with anyone. But I’m tired of not having a social life and so my sister will look after her. I’ll probably have to leave during her nap and I’m just petrified she won’t settle and it’ll be such a shock to the system to wake up and not f...

What is it with some people!! I don’t work at the moment & so apparently thats the only reason I make any effort ie making a birthday card, or a dessert or cake for someone’s birthday or if I make homemade decorations with my child all I get from friends and some family members is “you’ve got too much time on your...

Some days does anyone else just think I was not built for motherhood 😂🤦‍♀️ is this a normal feeling, some days I can not be bothered to play with my 16 month old or even interact with anything and feel terrible! Then think was I actually meant to be a mum because I don’t think I want this life this week 😭

Ladies after having your baby, does anybody just feel like, you doing it all by yourself sometime?? I mean dad can sometimes be a big help but sometimes it just feel like it’s not enough is what I mean guess??

I've been single for 2 years now with a clingy 2 year old. I have friends having babies, pregnant and trying and I can't help but feel devastated everytime I hear the news. My best friend just told me she's trying and we had our babies together and I'm not taking it well. I was really nice and told her that's amazin...

Iv got so much anger in me right now , iv got no one talk too , really struggling to keep calm can someone help me with this ,

Through his time or schedule so he can make “time for us” cause in reality he has all the time for us once he’s home he just rather be in bed or play video games cause he tired but like everyday no

Does anyone else feel like since having a baby life is just going downhill in every way possible. (Not babies fault at all in fact they’re the only glimmer of happiness there is). Everything just going to shit, days feel so hard, feeling empty, lonely tired, don’t know who you are. Job is becoming shit losing conne...

Please tell me I’m not alone. I feel like I am putting everyone’s needs above my own and when I do have time, I prioritize cleaning, laundry, eating, and sleeping. I feel like my person hygiene has gone down.

I’m so tired of trying to think of making dinner after a full day of soft play / park / baby classes I wish I had someone here to cook for me and LO - I’m shattered Is everyone else out most of the time?

My marriage is going through difficult times and I keep thinking how I ended up with such a difficult man 😔. My childhood was also not a happy one, things I'll like to forget . I feel so low and sad. The only good thing I hold on to are my two children which I pray everyday that God protect them and make them have…

I feel weird, I don’t feel happy but I don’t feel sad either, I just feel weird. So stuck, I feel like I’m not doling enough with myself. I feel so dissociated. Idk what to do. Anyone else ever felt like this ?