Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

I hate that I feel like I have no one to talk to! I just moved out to Minnesota for my man and all I have is him and his family (they don’t speak English and I don’t speak Spanish). It’s been about 2 months or going on 2 and I just think it’s really starting to get to me! I have a 3 almost 4 year old and I’m current...

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 ?

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...