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Sunday, 1 December 2024 - 00:16
I have 3 children (12, 7 and 5) the 7 and 5 year old share the same father. The father and I were together for 6 years, during this time, he worked away and was rarely around or present in their lives, I have been the primary parent since the day they were born. Fast forward to now, we are now...
Monday, 28 October 2024 - 16:07
My partner and I had a big fight and he’s blocked me. Bit of backstory, we don’t live together, but we see each other at least a few times a week, staying at each others houses. Relationship been great most of the time, especially as he’s had a traumatic upbringing and I’ve seen the horrible way he...
Wednesday, 16 October 2024 - 14:54
I'll try and make this short and without sounding completely selfish. Married for 12 years with 4 kids. My husband has always been very emotional (paranoid, very low self-esteem, negative, cynical) and I have always been the opposite, but we've slowly figured each other out and it's no longer as...
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Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Wed, 05/02/2014 - 13:31.
This is written by a fellow Imperfect Mum who wishes to remain anonymous. Did you know, There is 6 deaths by suicide every single day in Australia? That is one every four hours. According to the most recent data, it shows more people die from suicide then Skin Cancer in Australia. I could of been one of those deaths. I came very close to becoming a statistic. My name is not important. But my...
Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Wed, 03/07/2013 - 00:00.
Depression is something that will be with me forever. It may not be ‘active’ if you like, but it will be something that I will have to be mindful of. Just recently I found myself slipping back into depression , depression comes in the form of being ‘pushed down’ and a dark cloud comes over. It’s like it just appears out of t he blue. It’s very hard to see clearly and to lift the feeling of...
Submitted by The Imperfect Mum on Thu, 21/03/2013 - 01:11.
Besides the practical changes in my life I allowed myself plenty of time to slowly cut out the antidepressants and made sure there were no external stresses in my life.