Welcome to another Chats with Meesh video! Today I am discussing the topic of loneliness and how it affects us as moms.
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Everyone expects the addition of a new member of the family to lead to a steady stream of new friends and fun playdates with other parents. However, for many mums and dads, the joy of welcoming a new child can have unexpected consequences.
Does your mother guilt trip you or emotionally blackmail you? Does she act competitively with you or take credit for your talent or accomplishments? These are all behavioral patterns of the narcissistic mother.
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People think marriage will complete them in every single way, but they don't realize that you can experience loneliness in marriage.
I am opening up about feeling alone as a parent, and what it means to me as a stay at home mum.
“I felt utterly alone… I’d wake up, always at 2 or 3am… Kids are sleep, the house is quiet, it’s dark.
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The percentage of adults who experienced any symptoms of depression was highest among those aged 18–29 (21.0%), followed by those aged 45–64 (18.4%) and 65 and over (18.4%), and lastly, by those aged 30–44 (16.8%). Up to 3% of children and 8% of adolescents in the U.S. have depression.