Post natal depression or exhaustion? 🥱
Hey all, so this is a long post about a bit of a sensitive subject and extremely difficult for me to write so please bear with me….
I have always struggled with anxiety and depressions since being a teenager but always kept at me and I’ve had therapy and medication to help with this. I have actually thought I’ve been doing really well with my emotions and coping.
However, I’ve been a bit emotional lately and can feel myself getting quite stressed especially as my little girl is super clingy at the moment and just wants mummy I’ve found myself walking away a couple of times just to take a deep breath ( she’s always with someone else)
My partner (her dad) isn’t the greatest hands on dad and I find myself doing everything nappies bottles meal times sleep times literally everything and he is never around to help ( he doesn’t work) I’ve spoken to him several times and things improve for a day or a couple of days and then revert straight back.
I personally thought I was emotional and “struggling” a bit purely because I am exhausted from doing everything myself however someone has told me that they think I am suffering with post natal depression. This has got me thinking am I just using being tired as a deflection? Or am I just exhausted? When things are said to or about me it plays on my mind massively and I send myself in to a downward spiral and start questioning myself and my every move.
I’m just after some advise? Peoples opinions maybe if someone who has post natal depression could comment and we could have a chat about how you knew and things.
Thank you for reading if you made it to the end I know it’s a long post ❤️
Hey hun iv always had depression and anxiety and am in the same boat with my other half other than the occasional one off jobs here and there he dose sometimes but tends to be either gaming or out at mates houses he really helps out doing bits and will watch are Lil girl for 20mins at most while I go shops or cleaning or something while she's sleeping most of the time lol and I found my depression is a lot better since having are Lil girl but it has went back to how it was before pregnancy (pregnancy gave me extremely bad depression and anxiety I was spiritualing on a regular basis) but I have bean drained a hell of a lot and iv been putting it down to doing everything myself without help we also have 3 different species of pets that I basically do all the looking after lol but if u wanna talk I'm always here x