Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

I have nearly 2 yo and 5 month old. I don’t know anyone else who has two children close together and I find I feel lonely in it… I have friends who have the one child but not two close in age - does anyone else feel this?

Hey guys!! I’m due end of June, is anyone else feeling extremely lonely in there pregnancy? How are you coping with it? I feel so so alone even though I have a partner. I feel like he is not supportive of me in this pregnancy :(

My little boy is 3 and a half months old and I thought maybe by now I would have started to make some mum friends. I've been to baby massage classes and doing tummy time at the moment. Today I tried a new mums cuppa club again, most people already knew each other so I found it a bit cliquey and hard to talk to peo...

Is anyone suddenly finding this whole motherhood and pregnancy journey really lonely? I’ve been feeling really emotional since last night like all my friends are in different stages of their life and we cannot relate so much anymore it’s like the friendship has shifted. I have a 2yr old and I love and adore him so...

This is my first time out- ALONE and overlapping with baby’s bedtime to see a friend’s comedy sketch show. We hadn’t seen each other since September and I needed a break. While I enjoyed myself, I felt so out of place where after everyone was chatting and getting drinks and I’m like it’s getting late, I should hea...

I changed jobs thinking my job was making me unhappy.i ve started new job and I feel like I swapped one problem to another.i just don't like working.I m.not lazy but I hate dealing with people and stress of it all.I feel anxious and stressed out walking through the door.i hate talking to people..its all stressing me...

Heyy is anybody else a Sahm and wants to be besties? I mean facetime, in person, babies growing up together the whole 9. It’s so lonely staying home and not being able to meet people I relate to even when I do get the chance to go out.

Currently i have a 1 year old boy and a 3.5 year old girl. Shes not in school yet. I stay home with both of them . Husband works 6 days a week. I have no social life because I cant get out the house without the kids and when I try to invite someone over they have an excuse. How can i cope and make this easier on my ...

Please answer why we choose to have kids. Is it only hormones and our body telling us to or is there more of a reason? I am struggling to find the good in having kids these days. I have had three kids in 4 1/2 years. (SAHM)They break everything, I spend all day cleaning (while they run around trashing the house) a...

finally went no contact and blocked my bd on everything. just a few minutes ago he was screaming at me otp because i want to take our baby to church tomorrow, it was the last straw for me. he lives miles away and barely sees his son. my baby cries everytime he’s with him. my bd constantly lies and insults me so i cu...

4weeks PP, I’ve never felt so lonely and just so sorry for myself. Kept telling myself it’s the hormones but not being able to talk to my partner, my family or my friends (who have all been distant since pregnancy) The body changes, the late nights, the no help even holding my pee, not eating properly. I just fe...

I am so sick of it!! Its ruining my life. Just this week alone, I have convinced myself i’ve got 6 different types of serious illness. I have physical symptoms which my brain focuses on and makes them worse. I never go to the Dr because i don’t know whats real and whats anxiety anymore. I can’t plan anything too far...

How do we cope without a village? I'm pregnant and I have no family or friends to help me. I probably won't have a baby shower and nobody will purchase from my registry. All I have is judgment it feels like.

Mu daughter is part of friendship group.Theres 3 girls.I feel like two other mums make an effort with each other because they have full families and husbands a d never include me.I m single and I feel like kne of the mums encourage friendship with the other girl not mine and I can't help feeling it's because I m on ...

I didn’t expect to feel this lonely, I’ve told a few people and it just feels like nobody really asks or talks to me about it and just isn’t excited. Even my partner isn’t as excited this time around😢just makes it hard to feel excited

I am a SAHM I mean I have been one for 8 years, but once my son started school I got my license to tattoo and started working in a shop.. then I got pregnant with my daughter had some health complications and now I’m a full blown SAHM again. Well we recently moved away from my family my entire support system into a ...

Sorry if this comes across negative but I really feel so alone, I don’t have any friends who make an effort to see me, I have family but we have never been close so no one ever visits me. I honestly feel like I’m sinking :( I just want a friend but seems I just need to accept I won’t ever have genuine friends - ever...

I feel like my only identity is being a mom and a fiancé I feel like I don’t have anything . I finally got ready today and I feel different . I just feel like I lost my pink and sparkle . Me and my fiancé all we do is fight.

I have a good job opportunity with a nice package to move abroad. My child will be 2.5 then. I know a couple of people there but there won’t be a village. I’ll have a live in nanny which is affordable and common in this part of the world. I am so EXCITED but also petrified!!!!!!! Going to a new country, new job, new...

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