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Was feeling alone and down

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Theodoreb · 11/04/2020 21:31

I have bipolar and schizophrenia and I am on shielded list for health problems. My mum is my carer and has been dropping shopping off but I have been isolating 4 weeks and only seen her once when I needed her to look after my kids who have sn and don't sleep so I could have a sleep.

Was feeling very down then my mum dropped kids eggs of tonight and phoned me to talk to me while she was outside and said there's a surprise in there for me to cheer me up and to my surprise for the first time since I was 18 was a chocolate egg. Not just any egg but a Lindor Lindt egg.

Might seem small but was feeling like a failure and useless and a drain on society and like I wasn't worth my mother being proud of me as I've done nothing constructive with my life other than learn to function independently and raise my dc who have SN which just makes them each a little different unique and special to me up. I have no qualifications will never be able to work my marriage failed badly was tossing all this over in my head and then my mum done this now I feel ten times better.

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Bumpsadaisie · 11/04/2020 22:01

How lovely to read this Smileenjoy it!

caz123456 · 11/04/2020 22:03

Enjoy your easter egg :)

SallyWD · 11/04/2020 22:47

Enjoy it - you deserve it!

Treatedlikeamaid · 16/04/2020 01:46

Lovely mum! Btw, it sounds to me like you’ve achieved a lot. You’ve survived a lot of hard stuff, well done you that shows how strong and capable you are. Respect!

Theodoreb · 16/04/2020 02:22

@TreatedLikeAMaid

Thank you my mum is a good one and I trust her I was worried I was putting too much on her with the constant phone calls but she said even I'm struggling with everything right now and I don't have your illnesses. So I feel less anxious about calling her 50 times a day now.

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Treatedlikeamaid · 20/04/2020 08:57

You are so lucky to have her! I also think mums would rather help - that’s what we do. You’ve got this !

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