Feel like I want to scream sometimes

[Nora1978]

I really feel like I’m hanging by a thread. My life seems to be all about ticking off tasks and just getting through the crap. I work part time in a nursery and we have to do lots of work in our own time and it’s making me exhausted. The job itself is exhausting, having 20 plus small children yelling for my attention non stop and worrying about covid makes me so tired. My daughter plays up and back chats and I have no energy left to deal with it. I miss my parents, I miss happy, I miss feeling good. I feel on the verge of screaming most days. I have a CF mum ‘friend’ who is driving me nuts and I’m not getting time with my real friends? Does anyone else feel like they’re at the limit?

You are not alone.... I am a teacher and have just about had enough .... feel tearful and impatient most days- it’s exhausting keeping myself together and putting on a front at work plus trying to keep my two kids feeling ok too.

It’s so hard isn’t it? I’m normally an upbeat person who listens to everyone’s problems and is patient and positive but it all feels like an exhausting pretence.

Totally agree- I’m normally very chirpy and look out for my friends etc. feel like I need to go into hibernation just now until this feeling passes.... but that’s not realistic so I keep pushing on and feeling awful. I hope knowing you are not alone gives you a tiny bit of comfort x