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I DESPISE motherhood and equally despise my own child :/

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Timemachine2011 · 19/03/2018 09:03

As I sit here, trying to fight myself to leave the house and take my very loving child to school. I can't help but think how my life would be if they never existed. This thought has been with me since I found out I was pregnant at 6 months ( too late to abort) and has stayed with me ever since.... almost 7 years later. There is not a day that goes by where I wish I had a magic wand to wish 'it' away. I know it's not their fault but I cannot shake this feeling. I have tried my hardest to accept motherhood and also my own child but I can't shake the resentment. I know my child loves me and I feel awful knowing that I do not feel the same, I think I have more patience and love for my cat😯. I envy women that can look at their children with so much love and I feel like a monster for not feeling this way. I look at my child and will end up staring at him whilst I try and find a reason why I love him but I can't, I just find a million reasons why I hate being a mother and why I resent him. I never had a maternal bone in my body. On the outside looking in I appeared to be doing all I could. I breast fed for 2 years, only gave him organic fruits,veg and meat, he never had junk food, I meet all his basic needs, I gave him all the hugs and kisses when people were looking or if he asked but that was it, I only did it because I had to, I find motherhood like a life draining 9-5 with no pay, no promotion, no rewards. My only escape from this prison is death and although I have tried, suicide is not an option. That child would be so messed up, more than he already is and if there is still a chance for me to feel like a mother I am willing to try. I just have so much to address, overcome and deal with I don't know where to start...help?!

YetAnotherHelenMumsnet · 23/03/2018 14:34

Hi everyone. We have received a great deal of reports about this extremely distressing thread, and we have removed the obvious trollhunting. (GreatDuck, just so you know that's why your first post went).
That said, as ever, we can never know 100% whether posters are for real or not and would advise everyone to be careful with their own feelings and experiences and not give more than can be spared.
At MN, as all of you know, we try to err on the side of caution when deleting these sorts of upsetting threads for the obvious reason that if what the OP is saying is true, then your advice (we hope) could be the difference between a mother and child in pain and them being saved. So we find the stakes quite high. We are going to leave this thread for now and hope that the OP receives support here and in real life. Flowers

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