Having a rough week with depression
The mornings are the worst. I just don't want to get out of bed. My kids need me and my wife is doing her best but I can feel like I'm letting everyone down. Some days I wonder if
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The mornings are the worst. I just don't want to get out of bed. My kids need me and my wife is doing her best but I can feel like I'm letting everyone down. Some days I wonder if
I love my kids and wife but I feel so alone sometimes. Like I'm going through the motions, work, home, repeat. I don't have close friends anymore since we moved and everyone says p
Started taking 30 minutes every Sunday morning to just go for a walk alone. No phone, no kids, no wife asking me to fix something. Just me and my thoughts. My brain is telling me I
I'm seriously struggling here. Every decision feels like it could mess them up. Like did I yell too much today? Am I spending enough time with them? Are they eating healthy enough?
I constantly worry that I'm screwing up my kids somehow. Like I'll have a normal day with them, nothing crazy happens, but then at night I'm laying in bed thinking about how I yell
I have a wife and kids and I'm constantly around people but I've never felt more lonely in my life. Most of my friends without kids have drifted away because I can't just hang out
My therapist and psychiatrist both recommended I go on meds for depression and I filled the prescription but haven't started taking them yet. Part of me feels like admitting I need
Don't get me wrong, I love my kids and my wife, but some days I feel incredibly alone. Everyone talks about how great fatherhood is but nobody mentions the isolation. Can't really
Spent the last year convincing myself I was fine. Working too much, not sleeping, snapping at my kids over nothing. My wife finally sat me down and said I needed to get help. Start
Started getting these episodes where my heart races and I feel like something bad is about to happen. Nothing actually triggers them, they just hit me. Been happening for about two
I love my kids and I'm grateful but there's this weird loneliness that comes with fatherhood. All my friends without kids are still out doing stuff and I'm home with a 2 year old a
My daughter was born 4 months ago and I've been struggling bad. Constant anxiety about whether I'm doing things right, intrusive thoughts about something bad happening to her, and
My son is 3 and some days I feel like I'm completely screwing him up. I yell too much, I'm not patient, I work too much, I'm not there enough. My wife says I'm being too hard on my
Everyone says dads need to take care of their mental health and practice self care but like, what does that even look like? I can't take a 3 hour weekend to myself without feeling
I know this sounds weird but I feel lonely even though I've got a wife, kids, and coworkers around all day. Nobody really knows what's going on in my head. My buddies mostly just t
The financial stuff has been weighing on me hard lately. Got a big car repair bill I wasn't expecting and now I'm lying awake at night running numbers in my head. I know logically
My wife finally convinced me to talk to someone about the depression stuff I've been dealing with. Had my 4th session last week and I don't know if I'm just naturally resistant to
I work full time and by the time I get home I'm exhausted. I help with dinner and bedtime but I know my kids need more from me. Other dads seem like they have it together way bette
Don't get me wrong I love my kids and my wife but there's this weird loneliness that comes with being a dad. Everyone expects you to be the strong one who has it figured out. You c
I was really hesitant about therapy because I thought it was just talking about your feelings to a stranger but I've been going for 2 months now and it's actually making a differen