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Being a full time stay at home mama can be so mentally challenging at points. No not because of my child, or because i don't want to be home with her but because as a stay at home mom I start feeling like I have no friends, no one to talk to that understands all my everyday mama struggles and can relate not judge. Being a stay at home mama sometimes feels like it has become my entire identity, I wouldn't trade being home with my daughter for anything I cherish the time and moments I get and are apart of that my partner isn't able. I just think finding someone that totally understands, relates, and doesn't judge would help so much. Does anyone else feel this way?
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Learn more about our guidelines.On a weekly basis… and feeling like you’re not able to do almost anything you were able to outside like before.
Yeah, and for me its really really hard bc right now my fiance and I only have 1 car and he works Monday-Friday and takes the car so I can't even go for a ride or do anything so sitting inside and starring at the same walls every single day really does something to ya mentally.
@Brittany my husband and i only have 1 car as well and it’s really hard i only take the car for appointments so i completely understand you! it’s hard
I do at times but I honestly love not having added drama
I have enough in my life from “family”
I understand it being draining. I have 3 kids under 2. My every single second is spent trying to survive through the day, tend to their every need and just hold my mental state together. Every day im in survival mode and I'm just waiting for the day where i can just live! I can never leave my house unless it's for grocery shopping. Absolutely no me time. The only time i get for me is to shower and sleep. That's it. And then people still have the audacity to say "you're home 24/7 why is your house a mess? Why aren't you happy you don't have to work?" I'm working all day every day just not the type of job people expect. And it gets even harder (for me at least) because i have no friends and absolutely no family around. Nobody. 3 boys under 2 years and I'm all alone. I also wouldn't trade it for anything but gosh if i don't feel drained all the time and just need a break.
Yup, and I have special needs kids so that makes it more isolating/more difficult to find people that understand the struggles. I don't have time for a social life because of how crazy my kids' schedules are and my husband travels for work.
Since my kids are getting older I have been focusing on taking care of myself and making myself better. Yes I have to wake up before dawn to make that happen, but it makes me a better mom overall. I think I deal better with the isolation because of all the teachers/therapists I have to talk to for my kids. By the end of the day I don't even feel like talking to anybody and just want to be alone. 😂
Yes and my husband travels for work. He’s only been home 5 weeks this year and one of those weeks he took vacation just so he could gurantee being home. Also my family lives across the country so the grocery clerk isn’t even familiar to me
Yup 100%
I have a hard time making friends an when I think I found a friend I get ghosted mostly or they moved 1p did that thru the app an my bff moved after I popped out my kid. I only have 1 wish I could have another but it to late as I'm looking for job in Sept.
100%. The change in your identity is massive. Personally I was always a career lady and workaholic prior to becoming a sahm. I'm an introvert but at least working outside the home requires some socializing. I never knew how much it meant to me.
Also, a job is somewhere you know pretty much how you're doing. Poorly, blowing it off and your evals reflect that or working hard and well, then your evals reflect that. As a sahm, you are really just winging it and hoping you're making the right choices. And you won't even have an answer for years and years. *sigh*
I am so glad to be able to stay at home with my little one but man it is soooo hard at times. So, I feel you lady, completely.
Yes! I went to a baby shower this weekend it was the most isolating thing because I also don’t have ANYTHING to talk about other than my son.
I couldn’t relate more , “feels like it has become my entire identity.”
This is exactly where I am. I am so lonely rn. I miss my independence and my spontaneous free self. As a new mom and wife I’m being sat down and it’s so crazy! Especially as a people’s person more on the extroverted side. I’m not a fan of this isolation.
Girl, I feel this in my soul. I had to drop a huge part of me to stay home with kids. & being at home surrounded by tiny humans nonstop j feeling like there’s no escape from this part of you is hard when it’s your own children that you love and adore. It’s not them. It’s the situation 😭 but sometimes it suuuuuucks
It is, I personally had to rediscover myself being at home all the time. I think personally this is the opportunity to do a lot of self care, find new hobbies and classes you can take that’s affordable to continue your education. If being inside is a lot after breakfast go out with the babies and walk.
The isolation is rough. Getting even just outside for a walk helps. And I ended up finding a mom friend at church who has kids similar ages to mine and we sometimes go to each others house because their messy house is less stressful than mine. lol.
Thank you guys for making me validated, it is very hard, I think what makes everything worse is when I try to talk to my partner about things and he looked at me and said " idk how or why you would be depressed you get to stay home all day long and do nothing but stay with our daughter" so I felt like Noone understood
@Raydeli its really hard!
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@Brittany I'm sorry your partner doesn't see all you so for your family. Sometimes sahms are very much taken for granted. Your struggle with him is felt by any, many sahms out there, you absolutely are not alone. <3