Holidays are over and kids are back in daycare. I should be happy but I just feel so numb. I started to eat more healthy and also started to work out.. I see that I’m feeling better physically but mentally I’m just not doing as well as I thought. I don’t feel any joy or relief the past few days and it’s scaring me bc I felt similar when I was depressed once

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  • Same. I've been burned out so long. I think there was a brief time between Christmas and New Year Eve where I felt good but yet another stress bomb hit. Having my kids in school is stressful for me (both have ADHD,.one with huge behavior issues) so this week has been hard for me.

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    🫂 Sending you hugs.

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  • January and February are always hard one me mentally. Plus my kids birthday is mid January so I have to go from holiday mode immediately into planning and doing for birthday. It's exhausting and I just want to lay in my bed and watch movies. 

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    Oh no, organizing birthdays right after holidays are really tiring.. There’s a lot of mental load that goes into party planning and all the presents

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  • I actually felt so much relief when they ended because it meant we got through them and it was ok. Everyone was happy, we pulled it off, and we could relax for a little bit.

    Then my water broke on NYE and it's immediately back to a brand new sense of anxiety, stress, and being overwhelmed. No downtime whatsoever to slide into the new year and get back to a baseline of normalcy. I'm so exhausted.

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    I‘m so sorry 🫂❤️‍🩹 It’s so hard when there is no break in between.. it feels like we’re on a hamster wheel doesn’t it

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  • January is always sooo hard for me. We are an asthmatic home, so usually come Jan have spent the last month either with a trip to the ER or stuck on the nebulizer for weeks. Christmas with all the extra work it brings fucking sucks as a mom, and having to work from home without school in session is overstimulating. Jan is just a lot, hang in there 🤍

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    Let’s hope that once spring comes around, it’s getting easier ❤️‍🩹 It’s snowing here like crazy and I’m so over winter😭

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  • You are not alone. More than a few moms in my social circle feel like the walking dead, and we’re absolutely talking about depression symptoms and keeping the support system up. It’s rough at here and trying to keep going day-to-day seems impossible. Stay strong.

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    I definitely noticed this too. My grandma asked me yesterday what’s wrong because I apparently look like I feel 😭 I didn’t even have the right words to describe what I was feeling

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    Yes! I take 50k iu weekly because I found out my level was 8!

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    Solidarity 🫂 You got this mama ❤️‍🩹 and yes vitamin D is so important. Last summer I lost so much hair and was tired all the time, the doctor then prescribed me folic acid (i hope that’s what it’s called in english) and iron and after that it’s gotten way better

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  • Yes I feel kinda sad honestly.

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    Sending you a big hug. ❤️‍🩹 I finally caught up on some sleep and it’s gotten a tiny bit better, hope you’re feeling better soon

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  • I’m in Australia so it’s summer holidays here. We’ve been busy but having fun up until the past couple of days and now I have 2.5 weeks to go. I was just thinking today I need to schedule some things in or I am going to go absolutely mad with these kids. We have been stuck inside with dangerous heat, wind and smoke the past couple of days and they’re already bouncing off the walls and just making senseless mess 🙃

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    Oh no, that sounds absolutely exhausting. sometimes I take the kids grocery shopping to get a little break.. it’s not a real one tbh but better than being at home with them all day 😩 Stay safe BroMo ❤️‍🩹

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