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From the community

Recent discussions

Is anyone losing their mind as a SAHM?!

My daughter is 10 months old and I haven’t found a job yet. I’m with her all day and her dad works 6 days a week and is out the house 13/14 hours and I don’t live near any family. My friends are all in their early 20s and have their own thing going on and don’t quite understand the mum life so it’s hard to meet any friends more than once a week. Idk I’m just feeling so isolated and it’s summer holidays so no baby groups on and I’m just bored of being at home all day. I go on dog walks every day but being this alone is starting to really ramp up my anxiety. Anyone else feel the same? Think I just want to know I’m not alone in this.

This is so hard

All of it. I’m in week 8 and I feel like it’s Groundhog Day. I love my kid, I love his face, but I’m so tired. I didn’t know how hard this could be. My kid is tough, they’re not a unicorn baby by any means.
I’m doing everything I can. I’m so anxious, so worried.. I just wanted to come on here and vent.. even if you just “like” this post in solidarity… I won’t feel like I’m feeling this alone.

Why do people judge you for resting

Hi all

I have depression and fibromyalgia, some days I’m sorta okay but others I need a lot of rest

I find people either judge me or make fun of me for needing to rest while my child is in daycare

Rest is so important and some of us need more than others. I don’t see why people are so judgmental and expect us to be robots who work 24/7

Makes me really sad 😞

Anyone else relate?

DV situation

Currently goin thru a DV situation and I have no support was looking for friends and support

PPD??

Anyone going through PPD? I feel sad and lonely some days. I love my baby so much and would do anything and everything to make sure she’s safe and happy but I can’t explain this damn emptiness I feel. I’m 9 months PP and still trying to wrap my head around this I guess? Idk does anyone have any advice 😢😢

Feeling like I’m just going through the motions

Any other moms feel like life is just passing by and you are just going through the motions? I feel like I don’t have any goals anymore. I keep asking myself what do I want to do, and accomplish and really I can’t figure anything out. I feel like the only thing there is left is just raise my kids to adult hood and that’s that. Anyone else feel this way?

Lonely

my sister in law and my mom talk shyt about me & I said something & it got back to my sister in law but I know the only person I talk to was my moms. My mom said my sister law was going to question me about something. & I call my sister in law to faces her because I am not a punk. I know what I said & I have no problem admitting it. But as I sit here I realize vow to focus on myself and build my own family. Today, I vow that I will not allow to be a joke to others and allow people disrespect me. The only sad thing is I have no one not a friend or someone to talk to. It’s just me alone with my kids. I am so sad because I have no one, no friend… just me & my children! 😣😔

I hate the way I look PP

I’m 9 months PP and I still hate the way I look. When will it end? I look at photos of myself and pick apart everything. Even photos of me and my son. I avoid mirrors. Tell me I’m not alone.

Wish I didn’t miss this chapter of my life

I’m a stay at home mom to two girls. I love them very much but I can’t help but wonder what life would be like for me if I went off to college instead of being a mom. It might sound immature but I always wanted to be apart of a sorority or even just have an opportunity to actually meet people and build my village instead of being so alone and sad all the time on top of being a mom. That’s just a part of my life I’ll never get to experience and I always wanted to. I don’t know if anyone feels the same way

Mixed feelings about starting maternity leave

I just want to start with saying that this baby is more than wanted, after 2 previous losses, we're so excited to be so close to meeting our little one.

So my last day is tomorrow, and I suddenly feel really sad about it, and I can't figure out why.
I'm not sure if it's down to fearing the unknown, what's coming next as it's our first. I love my job so maybe I feel like I'm going to lose myself and not have that adult interaction anymore. I don't have any close friends personally so now I'm worried that I'll start to feel lonely even when baby is here during the day while my partner is at work.

Is it normal to feel both happy and sad about it?

Lonely 😞

Anyone up there for a chat?:( kinda of feeling lonely today. Feel that after giving birth, i lost all my friends

Feeling Lost

Diving into old traumas, doing shadow work, and feeling so lonely. All my life relationships are struggling. My identity is injured and confused. Woman who have overcome or are hurting this way-How have you coped? How have you felt closer to yourself and your children?

I can't afford my daughters birthday ..

I feel sick,I can't afford my daughters birthday...I fell behind with rent and had ti pay it I m so worried,I don't know what to.I can't borrow any money from anyone.. I m so sick and tired of struggling all the time,I try,i really do but it's all getting a but ridiculous...My gas and electric suddenly went up,I feel like crying...i don't sleep at night becasue I worry about how I m gonna cope ...

Need of connection

I love being a mom, but I need some adult energy.

Feeling down and trying to stay positive. Anyone else feel like they try so hard and it almost makes things worse 😂

December Mumma’s - How are we all doing ?

Some days are fun , other days I just want to cry, it’s so tiring and exhausting. Even if I had a village, I would have felt exactly same as don’t trust anyone with baby. Things do get better, is it ?

Feeling lonely

I’m feeling extra gloomy tonight.. just reminiscing about my time in the Marine Corps and all my friends💔

I went to get some Pho with my baby girl for lunch and there was a group of female marines and they were nice and talking it up. I budded in a little and they involved me in the conversation a bit and it was cool. But of course eventually they left and I just felt so lonely again.

Like it’s so weird cause I’m a dependa now but I was prior service so I feel like it’s a weird niche. Idk it’s pretty hard to make friends ESPECIALLY now🥲

My husband is going on recruiting soon so we’ll be moving away from this area and I’ll be gone from this place forever💔

It’s not that stinky Lejeune/Jacksonville and Havelock/Cherry Point is great, it’s just that I’ll be forever leaving those memories behind officially. Idk I know it’s dramatic but what can I say😅 I’m gonna miss Pho7, the Jacksonville mall and gasdonalds… and the memories that always pop up of course.

Idk I just feel so isolated right now…

I know this post is long and dramatic 😅 Thx for reading❤️‍🩹

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