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To the New Mom At Home When it All Feels Unknown

There’s an old hymn I sing when I rock my babies to sleep. I sang it during my deepest depression with tears falling on my firstborn’s little…

The nurse handed me a piece of paper with questions I had been dreading to answer. I put on my best I’m fine face while simultaneously sipping a…

“But you’re such a good mom.” The words took my breath away. I was with a few moms outside my daughter’s dance class. I…

There’s a common saying making its way around social media—kids don’t need a perfect mom, they need a happy one. I only halfway agree with this…

“Have you been depressed or thought of suicide?” The question rolled off the doctor’s tongue, and I smiled and shook my head on cue. I had…

I have always been a little scared of being a mom, and at times, terrified. It makes a lot of sense. I’ve got GAD, OCD, and PD and some other…

I felt it coming . . . that dreaded fog slowly rolling in. As my new baby lay peacefully sleeping on my chest, I felt it creeping in. Instead of…

Mommy can’t play right now, honey, she has anxiety. I know you want me to help with your puzzle, but my mind is all fuzzy and distracted and I…

Medication for a mood disorder is “taking the easy way out”. Those are actual words I have heard in reference to people taking medication to help…

Isn’t it funny that after you kill a spider you instinctively look for another one? Suddenly, you are aware of the eight-legged danger that might…