Depressed Mother

[justdiva]

My mother has suffered with depression for most of her life. I grew up learning how to identify her "blue" periods when she was going through these extreme emotions. Constantly trying to make her feel better as a child really created a traumatic impact on my childhood. Now as an adult, I'm dealing with depression and it can be very difficult sometimes. I often wonder if it will be passed onto my children when I have them.

 

[SadMummy]

I hear you

I feel the same way - my little baby is not yet one but I am so concerned that she will already be working out that I am not well and am not always able to care for her emotional needs. I dont have any answers for you - but I hear you and feel the same concerns.

 

[Heatman]

It's always very difficult when a parent is suffering from depression. They would still need to do their duties as a parent and that's never made easy by the existence of depression.

 

[Frost]

It is never easy being a parent and it's only going to get difficult when you are depressed trying to be a parent. This is because taking care of your kids is going to add a lot of pressure in your life that you will find it very difficult to cope but you are not going to give up until everything is better.

 

[Bisola]

Being a mother is never easy because the responsibility of taking care of your children will always be on you and whatever mistake you make with your children will haunt you forever. This is why most mother's always suffer depression more than their husband.

 

[Hank]

It's going to be very difficult for me to deal with my mother being depressed because she's the backbone of our family. If anything happens to her, we would all be affected in a way our feeding is going to hard.

 

[Shortie]

I know this feeling. I have four children myself and I suffer from depression after being in a mentally abusive relationship for 11 years.

I always feel guilty that my being depressed, my kids will also end up depressed and that is a possibility. The main thing is to understand when you see the signs and get help for yourself or your children when you feel it is needed.

 

[Sara]

Women should help themselves in some ways by not allowing some things to get to their heads. It might be overthinking or bashing from other people that causes this depression.
I know it's never easy for women in everything but please try and manage your emotions and well-being because it will be very hard for our children to see us becoming depressed and they have no one to run to.

 

[Kennysplash]

You were a child, it must have been tough experiencing that in the family at a young age. And you took steps to even make her feel better, that was really amazing.