Feeling Not myself

Hello, My name is Tatiyanna and I am 23 years old and married, also currently 6 months postpartum. I have been feeling not like my self. Been trying to work on my overall health. Which has been feeling so overwhelming for some reason and I never had a problem like this before. I keep comparing myself to other women every time I go out in public I know my husband loves me, but sometimes I don’t like the way I look and feel about myself so which causes me to project my thoughts onto him. I’m struggling with my weight. I’m currently waiting 240 which I’ve never weighed that much before always been between 150 to 160. I love my child. I just feel like I lost myself. And I currently don’t have that much support for how far I live from my family. I just don’t know what to do.

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I’m so sorry to hear that. I just wanted to say that, it will pass, I also just hit 7 month postpartum, and I was feeling like that for a while. I super validate what youre saying. It’s really hard to not compare yourself with others out there. If you want to talk more, DM me girl! I hope this will pass faster for you and you can start feeling more like yourself! You are brave and I’m pretty sure a great mama!

It's very challenging. It's natural to feel uncomfortable with the drastic changes. You didn't grow the baby overnight and you won't get back to your pre pregnancy weight overnight. What matters most right now is that you're eating enough and caring for your baby!

You are not alone, be nice to yourself and don’t force changing your body too fast it went thru a lot (it adds unnecessary pressure). You will feel better again soon

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