I know I’m not the only one. It’s hard. Somedays are worse than others, right? I mean it’s hard enough to handle toddler tantrums at the grocery store and keep calm. Add a side of anxiety and I’m just letting the tears fall when I get back to my car. I have panic attacks that have nothing to do with my children while shopping. Especially when I’m shopping on a tight budget.
I’ve recently learned after being told for years that I am a bit of a control freak and when i don’t have control I get anxious. So its little things like letting my 12 year old go to school in basketball pants and snow boots that I let slide. (Sometimes) lol.
So what do we do about it? Medications help sometimes. I take 5htp which is an amino acid and I swear by it! I also learned that exercise helps tremendously. Even just going for a walk with my littles helps me get out of my head and them burn up some energy. Eating healthy is probably a no brainer since it helps with everything. I am curious other women’s stories and how they cope? I’m also a yeller which really doesn’t help at all. It just makes my anxiety worse. But I swear once a yeller always a yeller. It’s like my kids don’t even hear me unless I raise my voice. 😒 I do much better now that my little girl is growing out of her reign of terror. 🤣
If you are feeling anxious or whatever you can’t just sit around and let it consume you. Find what works for you. As weird as it sounds anxiety becomes a crutch. A go-to for every emotion. Like sometimes I’ll be happy and start thinking about something to be anxious about if that makes sense. If you’ve done it you will lol. But don’t let it win. Mothers can overcome anything especially for their children. Talk about it. It’s hard with everyone’s fake lives on social media and their perfect looking lives. It can really get a person down. It gets me down. But people don’t usually post the raw, uncomfortable, or bad. It’s what they want you to see. If everyone posted their camera roll of every picture they took before they finally got a post worthy one now that would be funny. Anyways I hope one day my blog will go somewhere and I can help other women to support each other and not feel so alone. Being a SAHM can get lonely. But it is so worth it and there are so many joys. My children are my world and as long as they are watching me can overcome anything.
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