By Marisa Lascala — 2019
78% of moms put their family’s health before their own. The author says that’s bull.
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As a mom with anxiety and depression, my mind doesn’t stop.
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How motherhood breeds anxiety.
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When anxiety strikes, it prevents me from being the mother I want to be. I am not able to be present with my children. I am somewhere else, a captive to my thoughts. I’m supposed to be the grown-up, but I morph into a child—totally powerless and vulnerable.
When you experience mom guilt, remember . . . You are enough.
Health and wellness touch each of us differently. This is one person’s story.
I was a cool hand, before I became a mother. Now, I’m a hopeless phobic. Whenever a child of mine gets sick, even with just a routine flu or stomach virus, every cough makes my heart race.