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well we are all stressed out because of my depression.
My husband, blow up at the kids tonight, for them not helping out around the house more. He has just started his own business and it is not going as well as he though. He is stressed out because of my problems, and not knowing what to do to help me, and the kids not helping around here. We are both tired of having to tell the kids to do something and it takes forever for them to do it, and to do it right the first time.
I am feeling alot of guilt right now because I have put all the parenting stuff on him for the pass few months. I feel guilt about not being able to help more. I feel that it this depression would just disappear everything would go back to 'normal'. I feel guilty for not helping him deal with the kids. I feel guilty that this depression is distroying my family.
I don't know what to do to help my husbad, and I feel guilty about it.
Right now my guilt level is at a 12, 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest. The kids are shocken up by what happened to tonight as they have never seen him like this, neither have I for that matter.
Anyways I need to go to bed, I have to work in the morning at 7 am, and 5 am comes very quickly.
There is always something to feel guilty about when you are a Mum. If its not one thing its another. Your depression is an illness. The illness itself is causing some of your negative thinking. You CANNOT HELP THIS. It will pass. Just try to get through one day at a time. Kids not helping is normal in most households. Give them just one job each ( they just can't concentrate on more than that) Don't worry about messy bedrooms and try to cut down on housework...paper plates whatever it takes to make it easier to get through the next little while.
Best wishes Rusty