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Hard to cope

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Lostwords · 21/07/2019 21:55

I’m struggling at the moment. Went through a major trauma when my youngest was a baby, as well a major bereavement just before that. Then came to brink of marriage breakdown, though we’ve managed to save it. It has all been catching up with me and there are days when I cry and feel I don’t have the energy to get us all through the day. My 2 year old currently cries what feels like every 5 minutes at something her older brother is doing that she doesn’t like. His Preschool breaks up over summer and I’m daunted about the summer hols. Some days I feel too low and exhausted to cope, though I do get through somehow, but am worried by how my kids might be affected by me being low. Wish someone could help me. My husband is also exhausted. My friends are busy people, many with their own kids. No grandparents. I was running a couple of times a week and that helped me, though my only time to go is when husband gets home from work and he complained it’s the worst possible time of day for me to go out. I wouldn’t hurt myself because of my children but there are days I want to disappear and feel like I have run out of energy for living. I have had quite a lot of therapy but it hasn’t been helping much. How do you get through the day with kids when you feel low/grieving/traumatised? Any suggestions for getting through when you’re worried you can’t cope? Thanks for reading. x

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