Hi, I have been a SAHM for 6yrs now, 6yrs since I last worked and have gradually spent more and more time at home alone, growing further and further apart from society! I have was diagnosed with social anxiety and post natal depression,just after my DD was born a yr ago, it got so bad I couldn't go into shops/use a telephone/talk to people, somedays not even leaving the house, I felt like a freak but now realise it is normal and quite common, I am slowly getting better and have hopes of going to Uni next year, something which seemed a million miles out of my reach before, I know how it can feel when you are lonely and at home with a child, you spend more and more time in alone and eventually you start to avoid going out then you actually fear going out! If there are any other mums out there feeling like this, you are not alone....... thanks for reading this, just had to get it off my chest