The following is a guest post from Laura Stott. Laura is a wife, mom to a seven-year-old and four-year-old, and a high school history teacher on the… Read more “I Hate Anxiety”
Tag: depression
This is What the Truth Looks Like: I Can’t Do This Alone
I’m going through an emotionally difficult time in my life (I’ll tell you more about that later). What I will tell you now is that I’m… Read more “This is What the Truth Looks Like: I Can’t Do This Alone”
This is what the truth looks like: Parenting While Clinically Depressed
I have suffered from depression since I was a kid. I didn’t even know that what I had was an actual “thing”, let alone seek treatment for… Read more “This is what the truth looks like: Parenting While Clinically Depressed”
Top Three Reasons I Am Winning at Parenting and In Life Today.
Sometimes you wake up, start your day, and just feel like everything suddenly clicks. This happens almost never for me. But it happened to me today. If… Read more “Top Three Reasons I Am Winning at Parenting and In Life Today.”
Don’t Be a Hero: Being OK with Being Average
When my depression started to lift after starting a much-needed prescription, I came to the scary realization that certain aspects of my personality and outlook on life… Read more “Don’t Be a Hero: Being OK with Being Average”
My Postpartum Depression Story – Emerging on the Other Side
It’s been almost four years since that June morning and I am no longer depressed. I have a second son now and didn’t have postpartum depression with… Read more “My Postpartum Depression Story – Emerging on the Other Side”
My Postpartum Depression Story – The Biggest Mistake of My Life
(My story …continued) Like all forms of depression, there are varying degrees of postpartum depression. It can fluctuate from of a mild case of the “baby blues”… Read more “My Postpartum Depression Story – The Biggest Mistake of My Life”
My Postpartum Depression Story – It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This
It was mid-June, a little before 6:00am. I didn’t know the exact time because I stopped looking at the clock by then, but I knew the approximate time… Read more “My Postpartum Depression Story – It Wasn’t Supposed To Be Like This”
My face above the water…
If you’ve ever suffered from the common cold of the behavioral health world, you may understand the overwhelming sadness produced by this mood disorder. For example, the… Read more “My face above the water…”
Sleep Training … for Mom
Life seems to swing wildly between exuberant and hellish for me, with what I’ll refer to as “dead periods” occurring from time to time. The swings… Read more “Sleep Training … for Mom”
