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Do you ever just feel like giving up?

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SuccessfullyFailing · 09/07/2023 12:41

Just that really.

My childhood was horrendous with biological mother and step father (think all forms of abuse). ‘Rescued’ by biological father which then continued with emotional abuse.

Had my own children young.

Went no contact with biological father and siblings for the sake of my sanity.

Now feeling what a terrible person and mum I truly must be.

My poor children being brought into a world where money is non existent, no stable home (private rent).

I feel like I have selfishly failed them.

What if the family were better off without me and I deserved / brought everything on myself.

I feel like the world would be a better place without me and my children would stand a better chance of a life of happiness and success.

KimMumsnet · 09/07/2023 12:51

Hello OP, we are really sorry to hear you are feeling this way.
We hope you don't mind, but when these threads are flagged up to us we usually add a link to our Mental Health resources: www.mumsnet.com/webguide/mental-health. You can also go to www.samaritans.org or email them on [email protected]. Support from other Mumsnetters is great and we really hope you will be able to take some comfort from your fellow posters, but as other MNers will tell you, it's really a good idea to seek RL help and support as well.
We also like to remind everyone that, although we're awed daily by the astonishing support our members give each other through life's trickier twists and turns, we'd always caution anyone never to give more of themselves to another poster, emotionally or financially, than they can afford to spare.
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