Mental Health is a serious issue affecting our society today.
In an effort to get rid of the negativity and the stigma against mental illness, these brave women have chosen to share their stories with you.
Be nice, read, reflect and respond reasonably.
Mental Health Mondays has NOT died, it is ongoing, but it needs you to be brave by sending in your stories, in order to continue.
If you would like to express yourself and share your story on Mental Health Mondays, please feel free to email me at bewilderedbug(at)gmail(dot)com or tweet me at @bewilderedbug
Let’s continue to spread mental health awareness together
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This post is from Leighann who blogs over at Multitasking Mumma.
As my newborn slept soundly in her bassinet, her muffled grunts and snorts what any mother dreams of, I struggled to keep my head above water.
I questioned my sanity and struggled with bouts of depression, wondered if I should have become a mother; I cried silently for fear of showing weakness.
While other mothers arranged play dates and trips to the mall for stroller clubs I obsessed over why my daughter couldn’t latch and why I couldn’t breastfeed, what people would think of me when I fed her with a bottle, and I sunk deeper into devastation.
Eating and showering regularly became a chore.
What was the point?
After months of darkness I sought help. The diagnosis was almost too easy for my doctor; take this pill, up this dose, read this material.
There was no one to hold my hand, tell me I wasn’t crazy, or to support me through the levelling out of medications.
My family tried but had a hard time understanding that what I was going through was normal.
That going for a walk wasn’t going to make this better.
I had thoughts swirling around in my head that kept me up at night and I needed a place to express myself.
That’s when I found blogging.
I found a connection.
I found support.
Mothers who were experiencing exactly what I was and could understand what it felt like.
Through blogging, social media, writing, and connecting with other women the black cloud lifted and I could see the light.
I knew there was hope.
Women I had never met reached out their arms and pulled me out of the darkness.
They can save you too!
