Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

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...

Hi friends! Today has been a rough one, let’s drop some words of advice, uplifting books/music that helps you, or just drop some words of encouragement for those in this group. Let’s get rich together!

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Hey! Mum of two ( 1 year old & an almost 3 year old) I feel so extremely isolated. I have 0 friends & whilst I’m literally never alone not even to use the loo I feel more alone than I ever have. My husband works Monday-Friday & unfortunately I stopped working due to health reasons a couple months ago. I just don’t k...

Imagine expressing your dreams and aspirations to someone and they say “it’s your life” no encouragement no nothing. It hurts but it’s more like babe you gotta do this without him. It’s just crazy how people are.. idk

i feel numb i dontvl remember my pregnancy giving birth newborn stage i think im depressed. i havent adapted to having a baby. i do everything to look after him but i feel disconnected the pregnancy itself was unplanned and a shock. i feel like i lost myself and no longer have a life. i like being a mum but im tire...

My husband doesn’t want anymore children 3 was a possibility and we would see how we feel after the second. He is now saying he doesn’t want anymore children and thinks I’m “deluded” that I want more. I have two boys and always dreamed of having a little girl (please no hate, just how I envisioned my family). I don’...

my mental health not been stable from dealing with a lot of stress

What have y'all been self discovery on? what helps y'all to self improvement?

My boyfriend is the last person I'd talk to about my feelings or ask for help with anything because he makes me feel shite 😣.. Genuinely love and hate him all in one!