Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

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 ?

How do y’all cope with no family, very few friends, no village and no support? Have my third child on the way and so afraid of having to be in the trenches again with zero support. 😔🥺

Hi this might be a strange post but I feel like I have started to get a bit lazy and very irritated very quick my daughter and I use to be out all the time or doing indoor activities and crafts if the weather wasn’t great but now I feel like if slipped and just have no motivation and feel very lonely I have no one t...

Like just watching the world go by on Instagram knowing you can’t do anything anymore? I never see anyone, or do anything. I don’t even listen to music anymore. And it’s not going to change…? I feel like I’m trapped. All I do is sit in the living room and wash clothes. I miss my freedom so much. It’s actually pain...

Feeling so alone and really need someone to talk to. I have been through way too much shit for any one person to have to deal with, especially on a daily basis. I hold onto a lil bit of hope thinking that one day this nightmare life of mine will cease to exist but alas I still wake up breathing every morning. I have...

But has anyone else become so socially awkward since having babies?? I’m a STM and since having my first I feel like I don’t know how to have a conversation. I’m so tired, I get my words mixed up, get a huge brain fart forgetting words etc. Also, what the hell did I used to talk about before having kids????? I canno...

I’m at a point in my life where I just don’t care about much anymore…… I feel like I’m just existing…… I don’t care to make new friends, I don’t care to stay in touch with sketchy family members, I don’t care to bust my ass or go above and beyond at work, I don’t care to have the newest latest and greatest things, I...

Any mothers out there feel they do not get enough self time to themselves and cry about it to themselves sometimes? 😫

Does anyone else ever feel worthless and feel like a failure… feel like a waste of space ?How do you deal with it when you don’t have anyone you can talk to because you fear you will be judged .

8months PP and dealing with severe depression with suicidal thoughts and tendencies, being cooped up in my one bed room apt alone with my LO after partner left 2months PP. Hospitalized twice from PPD and experimenting different antidepressants, 3 different types of therapy. I have finally stepped out of my house and...

I wanna know how you’re coping. ?

I am missing both of my boys💙💙

Anyone feel like they are not enjoying motherhood? My baby will be 6 months soon and I dread each day. My partner is working all the time. I miss my old life. Will it get better??

Does anyone else find going out on your own with baby stressful? I keep trying to go out into town or for lunch and I haven't timed things right or my baby isn't well and is upset no matter what I do. I've just had to abandon a trip to town. It's starting to get me down.

Too drained to get into it but it’s been a hard day. Feeling very alone and just overwhelmed by it all. Any words of encouragement would be appreciated 🤍

I need some motivation, girls... My little ones are 4 years old and 5 months, and I take care of them all day, every day. My husband works long hours, so we barely have even 10 minutes to talk to each other, and those moments are often interrupted by the kids. My younger one sleeps early, but my 4-year-old stays up ...