Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

Honestly how are people coping when they don’t have support? I’m not a single parent but feel like I may as well be one. My other half works ridiculously long hours so we rarely see him. My family live far away. My baby on the whole is easily pleased and doesn’t have any issues such as reflux/wanting to be carried a...

Morning mammas! Anyone else thinking about backing off social media in the run up the baby coming? I have this urgent feeling to retreat into my own little bubble? I am also going to try hypnobirthing so I don’t know if that’s got anything to do with it. But I have this overwhelming urge just to listen to my medita...

Don’t get me wrong, I love being a single mom so so much and I love my baby girl. But I feel so alone. Not even relationship wise, just with everyone. I get no one wants to be around a crying baby, but even so I find myself not feeling as though Everyone’s annoyed. I don’t feel as close to people as I used to and I ...

Ever since having my second baby everything’s changed soo much. Body, health, time with husband, time alone. I have no motivation to do anything apart from just about looking after my kids and the house. I just. Miss my old self i know it will take time but I’m finding it difficult to accept the changes even thoug...

I’ve been a SAHM since November 2023. No friends, no family, no hobbies … just baby and cleaning the house. I feel like I’m about to lose my mind. I hate this… some days I catch myself wishing I had another life. Everything is so depressing. I want to believe there’s a light at the end of the tunnel, but that seems ...

I’m hoping just for some advice or input on some things to do as a SAHM to fight the loneliness and keep my daughter and I find ways to get out and meet other moms My daughter is 3 months old and we really have been making solid efforts in spite of the heat to get out of the house part of me feels bad when we don’t...

I love my daughter so much, she’s amazing, she’s an easy baby, good sleeper, relaxed (sorry to those who haven’t got it this good at the moment) … but sometimes I just have moments were I don’t want to be a mum anymore, I don’t want to be a wife, I want to be so selfish and don’t want to answer to anyone. I don’t w...

How are you? We’ve been finding it really difficult lately. Hot sun, spent with baby alone while one of us works. Clutching at anything we can do with the baby alone but at 13m it feels so limited. The park ✅ walks ✅ paddling pool ✅ but with no friends or family to enjoy these things with it’s just been making us ...

Hi all Anyone else find motherhood lonely and struggle to make mum friends 🩷

ever since giving birth i just feel so lonely. idk what to do with myself during the days! i just feel so lazy or like bored. my friends don’t reach out too much but i get it cause we’re all at different places in our lives. being a new mom is weird and hard to get used to. i feel like i’m living everyday in a loop!...

Does anyone else feel bad seeing all these nursery posts but you just can’t accommodate that? Fell pregnant under surprise circumstances, still at my parents house, my partner will be coming to stay until he has to go back to work - but the over crowding is just panicking me and seeing everyone talk about their nu...

If you're like me, saying “no” to requests can be a challenge. It’s funny how easily I say “no” when protecting my child at the playground or when she wants to do something dangerous, yet struggle to do the same when it comes to protecting my own self-care time. I'm working on this—actively practicing saying “no”...

Does anyone feel like there alone and missing out what’s going on around them? It’s like, you like being in your own space and company but also, you kinda miss having fun and seeing people/friends & what not. Since having a baby (16 months later) life has become quite dull and boring not really entertaining. What ...

Anyone else feel really overwhelmed at the thought of leaving the house to do something with your little family? We went out the first few days just little walks into town etc but the lm had a few days at home and now the thought of going to the local river spot or to take my older lad out motocross’in leaves me fee...

I have split up with my partner after a long time together. We are currently living in same house until I get somewhere sorted for me and the kids. My problem is I don’t have anyone for support- got no friends or family and I’m so lonely all I do is cry! All I want to do is talk to him and give him a hug but he wo...

Is it just me or… I’m a first time mom and I’m currently on maternity leave. I’m feeling lonely and I’m the first of my friend group to have a baby and somehow they stopped reaching out eventually when I had the baby. They won’t even visit or ask me how I am. That’s probably why I’m looking for other mom friends who...

Hi everyone. I just wanted to reach out to mums on here and share my experience to see if anyone is feeling the same. I am 34, mum to a one year old and I feel very lonely right now. I’m the first of my close friends to have a baby and I don’t think any of them are going to in the future. I am part of a mum group ...

I hate living in the U.S. right now. I hate that I can’t go to the dentist because I literally can’t afford it. I also can’t work though because I would be paying for day care for my kids. And I have to live with my parents because I’m a single mom too. I don’t know if this is true but I feel like a better life woul...

Currently dealing with depression and PTSD and they are both awful. I’m very introverted, I’ve been through a lot of stuff and sometimes I feel like I’ll rather shut off from everyone and be alone. I know it’s not healthy but it’s the only way I know how to cope. I don’t have many friends and it’s hard for people to...

If this seems far fetched (oops?) but I feel like I’m having an identity crisis like I don’t know who I am. I am 4 months PP and everything has changed, I don’t want to go back to my career, considering a career change? I’m just questioning alot about myself, is this normal?