Supermum
02-09-12, 12:49
Hello
I am a 31 year old married mum of three and have been struggling since childhood with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, a major vomiting phobia, social anxieties and extremely low confidence and self esteem. After the birth of my second and third babies, I suffered with awful post natal depression. I have had many ups and downs in my life with my anxieties, at one point I was unable to leave the house for three months because of debilitating panic attacks. I have been on anti depressants since April of last year and have had some CBT via my doctor's referral. I am doing ok now, I still have ok days, good days and absolutely awful days. I find it extremely difficult to tell people around me how much I am struggling as I see it as a huge weakness and most people call me supermum (hence my profile name) as I juggle motherhood with running the house and running my own business, but they have absolutely no idea how hard I find every single day. Some days even walking a minute to the local shop is too much for me. Having said that, I do try and push myself as much as possible and I am in a good place at the moment. I would just like to be able to come here and have people understand me and feel the much needed support. I would also love to be able to be there for other people who are in a hard situation who need a listening "ear" and a place to go to where they will feel they can be themselves and not have to wear a mask like I do all day, everyday.
Thanks for reading,
Have a wonderful day :)
I am a 31 year old married mum of three and have been struggling since childhood with anxiety, depression, panic attacks, a major vomiting phobia, social anxieties and extremely low confidence and self esteem. After the birth of my second and third babies, I suffered with awful post natal depression. I have had many ups and downs in my life with my anxieties, at one point I was unable to leave the house for three months because of debilitating panic attacks. I have been on anti depressants since April of last year and have had some CBT via my doctor's referral. I am doing ok now, I still have ok days, good days and absolutely awful days. I find it extremely difficult to tell people around me how much I am struggling as I see it as a huge weakness and most people call me supermum (hence my profile name) as I juggle motherhood with running the house and running my own business, but they have absolutely no idea how hard I find every single day. Some days even walking a minute to the local shop is too much for me. Having said that, I do try and push myself as much as possible and I am in a good place at the moment. I would just like to be able to come here and have people understand me and feel the much needed support. I would also love to be able to be there for other people who are in a hard situation who need a listening "ear" and a place to go to where they will feel they can be themselves and not have to wear a mask like I do all day, everyday.
Thanks for reading,
Have a wonderful day :)