when you feel you just cant do it anymore

[peppapiglet]

ok, so i generally cope. i dont have a support network. recently divorced. relationship with P now over, i keep breaking down. My ds who is 4 is being very demanding and despite my best efforts i feel like i just want to give up. i do EVERYTHING. I suppose i just want to rant. sitting crying and what i would give for someone to make me a coffee. i am so fed up. had miscarriage and no-one knows and exP completely off the scene anyway (he knew)
ds starts school is sept and i am stressed trying to sort out times with exH as he will finish early when he first starts and i am at work. I feel trapped in a job which is far below what i am capable of. I feel like i am carrying the weight of keeping everything together. I dont feel like a good mum at the moment. i am trying my best, took ds swimming today. My "family" are clueless although in same town dont offer help which in a way makes it worse. i feel like i want to escape somewhere.
sorry for rant, i know many of you are there find it difficult too and i know it isnt all about me. but im having one of those days :-(

If you're taking your child swimming whilst feeling overwhelmed, then you are a brilliant mum!

Some days are awful, I know but I guess we have to take comfort in the knowledge that we're doing the very best that we can. That is good enough.

Rant away. Life can be bloody hard some days.

maybe i am setting expectations of myself far too high and not appreciating the normal everyday things i am doing. i know it is a weakness of mine. yes he is in bed now, so early night is possible. just one of those days, i think the recent breakup has knocked me although i know it was for the best. i didnt want it to turn into a depression but feeling it is happening, perhaps trip to gp will help.
thanks, i think it is only other lone parents who truly understand :-)

i am so stressed, everything seems overwhelming. I also keep getting stinging in my breasts and have all sorts going through my head about that, not sure if it is hormonal, but when i shout at my ds it stings more??!

Write everything down get it out of your head. When I feel overwhelmed ( 2 dc ds at college dd school) I get my diary out and write down what needs doing by when I find that helps.

Peppa you are a good mum, you are trying your best, that is all that anyone can do and one day your ds will thank you for it.

So sorry about your miscarriage, I have been through a similar thing and it is just so so horrible. I kept it bottled up for a while until eventually I lost it big time, please do tell someone - walking around with all that bottled up won't do you any good.