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Even when my kids are here I feel alone. Weekends without them are the worst. I sit in this quiet apartment and it just eats at me. I've been avoiding calling friends because I don
Been a dad for 4 years and the last year has been brutal. Some days I can barely get out of bed and my kids are watching movies all day while I lay there. My 6 year old asked me wh
So my doc put me on sertraline two weeks ago after I finally admitted I've been depressed for probably 2 years. I kept thinking I could just push through it like I always do but my
This is getting ridiculous. I'll be fine one minute then suddenly I'm hyperaware of my heart rate and convinced something is wrong. Then I get anxious about the anxiety itself whic
I've been running on fumes for like 3 months. Work was crazy, kids were crazy, wife was stressed, I was just constantly in survival mode. Yesterday I just told everyone I needed to
I've been dealing with pretty bad anxiety lately and it keeps telling me I'm screwing up my kids. Like I'll lose patience over something small and then spiral thinking I'm damaging
I have a wife, three kids, friends I see regularly, but lately I've been feeling this weird emptiness. Like I'm going through the motions but not really connected to anything. My t
I've been struggling with depression for over a year now and I'm finally admitting how much it's affected my kids. I've been checked out, irritable, just going through the motions.
I love my kids more than anything but being a dad can be isolating. Most of my old friends are still doing the single guy thing and my married friends with kids live far away. I'm
Been getting these sudden waves of panic where my chest gets tight and I can't catch my breath. Usually happens at work or when I'm driving. Started seeing a therapist last month b
I know this is probably normal but some days the anxiety just hits different. Like I'll think about something I said to my kid wrong and spiral for hours wondering if I'm messing t
I've been trying to take better care of myself, like going to the gym or just having an hour to myself, but I feel guilty the whole time. Like I should be with the kids or helping
I'm not gonna go into the whole story but I've been dealing with depression for a while now and some days I just don't have the energy to be the dad my kids need. They ask to go to
This is gonna sound weird but I feel really alone even when the house is full. My wife doesn't get it when I try to explain. I have work buddies but we don't really go deep. No clo
I'll be honest, I was skeptical when my wife suggested it. Felt like admitting defeat or that I was broken somehow. But I found a therapist who gets it and we've been talking about
Got three kids, married, always got someone around and somehow I still feel incredibly alone. Like nobody really sees me, they just see what I do for them. Wife's exhausted, kids n
Been having panic attacks at work for the past month. My heart starts racing, I feel like I can't breathe, and I'm convinced something is seriously wrong with me even though the do
Weird thing to say I know but I feel super isolated most days. My wife is great but she doesn't get the dad stuff, work is isolating, I don't really have close friends nearby anymo
I was pretty skeptical about the whole therapy thing but my wife finally convinced me to try it. Been going for 4 weeks now and I can already feel a difference. My therapist helped
Everyone says you need to take care of yourself first but how? By the time kids are in bed, showered, and I've done cleanup its 10pm and im exhausted. The gym, therapy appointments