Loneliness hit different after becoming a dad
I love my family more than anything but I feel so alone. My old friends without kids don't get why I can't just go out anymore. The friends I have who are dads, we're all too exhau
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I love my family more than anything but I feel so alone. My old friends without kids don't get why I can't just go out anymore. The friends I have who are dads, we're all too exhau
Been going to therapy for about 4 weeks now after my wife basically gave me an ultimatum. Not gonna lie, first two sessions I wanted to quit. Felt like I was paying someone to list
This is gonna sound weird but I love my wife and kids more than anything. But sometimes I feel like nobody really knows me, you know? Like I'm just the guy who fixes stuff, makes m
Work has been absolute chaos for the past 2 months and I'm not sleeping great. Add in the normal dad stuff and I feel like I'm running on fumes constantly. I try to keep it togethe
He's starting kindergarten in a couple weeks and I'm way more anxious about it than he is lol. Worried about him making friends, handling the teachers, eating lunch by himself, all
Been putting this off for years. Finally pulled the trigger and found a therapist who specializes in anxiety. Had my third session this week and it's weird but also kind of helpful
Started going for morning runs before the kids wake up and I gotta say, it's changing my whole day. Even just 30 minutes alone with my thoughts is helping my anxiety so much. I'm n
I think I need to say this out loud. I've been struggling for a while now and I'm exhausted. I put on a good face at work and with the family but inside I'm just going through moti
I don't even know where to start. Everything stresses me out now. Work, money, my kids, my marriage, my health. I'm constantly in my head about stuff that hasn't even happened yet.
Anyone else struggle with constant worry that you're screwing up your kids? I replay conversations I had with my son over and over, wondering if I was too harsh or didn't listen we
Started seeing a therapist last month because my anxiety was affecting my marriage and my ability to parent. I thought it would just be someone telling me what to do but it's way m
This is probably weird but I feel genuinely lonely most days. I have my wife and kids, we do family stuff, but I feel isolated. Like nobody really gets me or understands what I'm d
I've never dealt with depression before but sometime around March it just started. Nothing specific happened, everything in my life is fine, but I woke up one day feeling empty. Be
I don't know when this started but I'm anxious about literally everything now. Work stuff, money, my health, whether I locked the door three times over. I'll check it and then imme
My buddies keep texting asking to hang out and I just don't have the energy to respond half the time. When I do see them I can barely laugh at jokes that would normally kill me. Ha
Went to my first session last week thinking it would be pointless but honestly it wasn't as awkward as I thought. Therapist didn't judge me at all and I actually felt lighter after
Had one this morning out of nowhere. Just woke up with my heart racing, feeling like something terrible was about to happen. Nothing was actually wrong. By the time I got the kids
Been putting it off for years but I'm realizing I probably have some stuff I need to work through. Growing up my dad wasn't really emotionally available and I'm worried I'm doing t
This is weird to say because I have a wife and two kids and I'm constantly around people. But sometimes I feel so isolated. Like nobody really knows me or what's going on in my hea
Some days I can barely get out of bed and I feel terrible because my kids need me to show up. My wife is exhausted from picking up the slack and I know she's frustrated with me eve