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Before kids I had my friends, we'd go out whenever. Now I'm home with the kids while everyone else is still doing their thing. My wife gets her adult interaction at work but I'm ma
I drop my 7 year old off and immediately my brain goes to worst case scenarios. Did he forget his lunch? Will he get bullied? What if he has a meltdown and the teacher thinks I'm a
Been going to therapy for about 3 months now and I gotta say it's helping more than I expected. I was really hesitant to go, felt like I was failing at something I should be able t
This is gonna sound weird but I feel so isolated. I love my family but I don't have any real friends anymore. All my buddies from college have moved or we just grew apart. I work,
I'll be sitting there doing normal stuff and then I'll see an email from my boss and my heart starts racing. Even when I open it and it's nothing serious I can't shake the feeling
Does anyone else wake up at like 3am with their heart racing thinking about everything they did wrong that day as a parent? I'll be lying there thinking about how I snapped at my s
Lately I've been spiraling about whether I'm doing right by my kids. Like I work full time, I try to be present on weekends, but there's this constant voice in my head saying I'm m
After the divorce I got primary custody which sounds great on paper but some nights when the kids are asleep I just feel completely alone. My friends have their own families, my pa
I'm going through a rough patch and some days I just feel like I'm going through the motions with my kids. I get them to school, I feed them, but there's no energy left to actually
Lately I've been spiraling about whether I'm screwing up my kids. Like I yelled at my son for spilling juice and now I'm convinced I'm traumatizing him. Logically I know that's rid
Had my second session yesterday and it's strange talking to a therapist about stuff. My guy is really good and doesn't judge which helps but I keep catching myself minimizing thing
I go through the motions - go to work, come home, eat dinner, put kids to bed - but I feel completely numb the whole time. My wife keeps asking what's wrong and I don't even know h
Been separated for 8 months now and I've got the kids every other week. The weeks I don't have them I just sit in my apartment scrolling my phone until bedtime. All my friends are
I don't even know where to start. Lately I've been having these panic attacks where I convince myself something bad is going to happen to my kids. Like I'll be at work and suddenly
This might sound weird but I feel like I'm invisible sometimes. I'm with my wife and kids all day on weekends but I feel this distance. Like nobody really gets me or asks how I'm a
Just wanted to post this because I know a lot of us guys don't talk about this stuff. I've been going to therapy for 3 months now and honestly it's been a game changer. I was deali
My counselor keeps telling me I need to take time for myself but every time I try to do something just for me I feel guilty. Like I took 2 hours to go to the gym and shoot some poo
My kids wanted to go to the park yesterday and I just couldn't bring myself to do it. I felt dead inside, just sat on the couch. They ended up watching screens all day because I co
Anyone else just lying awake at 3am thinking about how you're screwing up your kids? I start thinking about their college fund, whether I'm teaching them the right values, if I'm t
Been going to therapy for 2 months now and it's actually helping. But I feel weird about it like I'm being selfish or weak for needing it. My dad never went to therapy, just dealt