Community Posts, Tips & Support on Mental Health

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Healthy anxiety mumma?

Anyone on here got Health anxiety? Just wondered if anyone else was on here that is in the same sort of boat with me and I can relate to 🥰

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Any single mothers with little to no support system

How are you managing to cope as a single mother with no support system no village ? I’m struggling the two people that kinda help me make it clear they don’t want to be minding or helping me with my son. Anyone a single mother with multiple kids with no village ? I’d like some insight on how yous are doing as rn I f...

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Friendless mama

I feel so lonely since i moved out from home 6 years ago. I lost all my friends. My best friend was the only one who stuck by me unfortunately he died last august and now i feel lonely having no1 to talk too, i miss him so badly, i have a partner but its not the same there's certain things i cant talk to him about. ...

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To all 💕

Just wanted to introduce myself. I’ve struggled with depression and anxiety my entire adult life. Now 34 with two teenagers and a newborn… talk about Life360. To top that off, I’m the sole provider to my family and my dad, who struggled with Bipolar throughout his later years, died just before Christmas. I’d jus...

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Does anyone else feel so alone doing this?

Does anyone else feel so alone doing this? Doing my first FET this month after a failed fresh embryo transfer in November. I feel like I’m going crazy and have no one to talk to. My husband is really nice and caring but it’s not the same. My mum just tells me it will happen when it happens but doesn’t seem to unders...

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Friends

Has anyone else lost friends since being pregnant? I’ve just lost my best mate who happened to be my only mate and it’s incredibly lonely.

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Still struggling with work

I just want to be a present mum to my little boy :( I don’t want to work at all ever again but I’m full time atm and I’m really struggling with it emotionally Is anyone else feeling the same way?

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⌚Routine⌚

are you a stickler for the daily routine- like it must be followed?

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struggling to reach out

hey mamas. i usually comment out in the open but this post i’m a bit scared to post. don’t know why. i guess im exposing my fears to the world. but im really lonely .. like reaalllyyy lonely. i’m from london and moved to birmingham about 5 years ago. found my husband and never ever made any friends and lost all my f...

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Childcare

Mums who have no childcare/ family to watch kids if you wanna go out with the girls etc how do u cope i always feel like im missing out and it gets me so down ☹️

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Is this normal? X

Hiya I have a 1 year old but recently I’ve been really wanting another baby, I’m not sure if I’m in the right position to have one yet as we’re renting and trying to save for a house as we want our own place. Is it normal to want to have another baby so badly that you feel down a lot. Idk if I’m just being silly or ...

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Agree or disagree

Can trust be re earned?

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Solo mama vacation!

Been feeling really stressed out and overwhelmed being a new mom and getting through the holidays. Finding myself daydreaming about spending a weekend away at a hotel and just RELAX! Anyone else ever feel the same?

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Postpartum .. something?

Anybody just feel blah ??? Like not bad not good just like not really yourself. Like I have periods when my babies sleep and I could just sit there in silence and just stare at the wall. I get so lost in that sometimes that an hour or two can be past and then she’s up again. I’m not going back to work yet, maybe I’...

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No friends, mum of a toddler and pregnant!

Just sorting baby clothes out sat on my own and it makes me realise how alone I am, anyone else?

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Need mummy friends

Feel so lonely like I have no one to talk to I have 10 week old my partner does fuck all now all he wants to do is sleep not help

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Loneliness

I can’t tell you how lonely I am and how much I crave intimacy, emotionally and mentally. I’m a single mum of two a 5 month old and 8 year old. It’s so lonely, so I drink a lot when the kids are in bed. I have some close friends but it still doesn’t compensate for having a partner to share living with. I feel I’m on...

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Hot take on honesty

Honesty is overrated if it’s weaponized. People glorify “brutal honesty,” but truth without empathy is just cruelty dressed up as virtue. Real honesty isn’t about saying everything on your mind—it’s about being authentic while considering the impact of your words. Being kind and truthful is a harder, but far more me...

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No interest outside of my baby

Pre baby I used to be extremely social and love doing things with my friends, however since my boy I have no interest in doing anything outside of being with him. I think it’s because 1) I feel really self Conscious in how I look post baby, and 2) I don’t feel like any of my friends understand having a baby, as non ...

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Anyone else ?

Sometimes I feel like I'm not even am adult I'll be turning 23 and I don't have a bank account no savings or career. I got pregnant young and my plan was to finish school and start working. I feel dependent on my husband and im not sure what steps to take..

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