Starting therapy and I'm nervous about it
Just scheduled my first therapy appointment next week and I'm honestly scared. I've never talked to anyone about my feelings before. Between work stress, co-parenting drama, and ju
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Just scheduled my first therapy appointment next week and I'm honestly scared. I've never talked to anyone about my feelings before. Between work stress, co-parenting drama, and ju
I have a 2 year old and a baby on the way and some days the anxiety is overwhelming. I worry constantly that something bad will happen to them, that I'm not good enough, that I'm m
This might sound weird but I feel isolated. I'm home with the kids most days, my wife is busy with work, my friends have kind of drifted away because I can't just hang out anymore.
I know this is dumb but I feel like I'm taking the easy way out or something. My wife is supportive but part of me feels like I should just be able to handle this myself without me
This might sound crazy but I feel really isolated. All my buddies are either single or have their stuff together and here I am with two kids, going through something I can't really
My anxiety is absolutely brutal first thing when I wake up. Like I'm fine during the day but 6-7am my brain just goes into panic mode for no reason. Been dealing with this for mont
Just wanted to check in and say that finally pulling the trigger on therapy has been huge for me. I was so resistant at first, thought it was a waste of money, but my doctor said m
Had about 6 months where I was doing really well, meds were working, I was working out, sleeping decent. But last few weeks it's creeping back in. That heavy feeling, the brain fog
I'm sitting here at 2am unable to sleep because I keep thinking about whether I'm doing enough for my kids. Like am I saving enough for college? Are they getting enough exercise? W
This might sound weird but I'm a dad of three boys and I'm constantly doing stuff with them or for them, and I still feel incredibly isolated. My friends all kinda drifted away aft
Have two kids, married, work around people all day but I feel so alone. Like nobody really knows me. I can't just vent about parenting stress to my coworkers without seeming weak.
I know logically I'm doing okay. My kids are healthy, we're stable, but I constantly think I'm screwing them up somehow. Every mistake feels huge. Every time I snap at them or miss
Wasn't really struggling before but somewhere in the last few years after my first kid was born it just set in. Fatigue that sleep doesn't fix. Going through motions with my family
Everyone says self-care is important but I literally don't know how to fit it in. Wake up, kids, work, kids, bedtime routine, collapse. Weekends are activities and errands. By the
I have my kids every other weekend and when they're with their mom I just feel completely empty. I try to hang out with friends but it doesn't help. I end up just scrolling on my p
I was skeptical about therapy but my wife basically forced me to try it after I snapped at the kids over nothing. Been going for 2 months now and my therapist is helping me see pat
Lost my job 6 months ago and have been the primary parent since then. The stress of being solely responsible for everything plus financial anxiety has me in a really dark place. So
Been having panic attacks thinking about asking my boss for time off to go to my daughter's school play. I know it's reasonable and I should be allowed to go but my brain keeps tel
DCF took my son away from me because his mother abused him, I was working dad driving trucks 12 hour days seven days a week was doing everything I thought I needed to do in order t
Took paternity leave when my youngest was born and loved being home. Now that I'm back at the office I feel this heaviness I can't shake. I miss my kids obviously but it's more tha