Thank you to every one who has loved and supported me thus far. Especially @zakludick who has moved heaven and earth (and our bedroom around) to make me feel better.
The new bedroom arrangement was very strange to start and I was worried about tripping over the bed in the night, but I have settled in nicely and realized the bed is in a much better position.
The last few weeks have been... tough. With @zakludick finally finishing up with his studies and @Matthew-Williams's 13 birthday, I have been turned upside down, waking and studying at night and only going to sleep at 8am when everyone leaves.
I feel discombobulated...
@zakldick has also changed our bedroom around, which a day or two later, made me realize that a change is as good as a holiday, even if things ffelt a little scary and out of place to start.
Last night was the first time I went to bed and slept right through the night. It's been weeks really. I woke up just before 7 which is the latest I have managed to sleep in ages. Hopefully, it's a sign that I am returning to some sort of reality.
I have also been hit hard by my monthlies. I actually thought I was going through menopause, but I have had a period from hell, showing me that everything is still very active. It's not that I want more children, rather, I was uncomfortable ad scared that the option was being taken away from me. It made me feel ... old and useless.
Anyway, the bedroom now looks beautiful and instead of staring at the cupboards, I now have a direct view out of the windows. It's very refreshing. Also, Matthew's red velvet cake turned out brilliantly, never mind that it was my first attempt at a red velvet cake! You would never guess! I will post the recipe later this week.
So Matthew is now 13. Gosh, what a shock to the system. I had Matthew when I was 27 and it's still a huge hurdle to overcome that my baby is growing up so fast.
Anyway, as promised in the title, I am going to do a recap of my mental health
posts for easy reference :)
Mommy’s Mental Health - Chapter 1: New Year, New Me, New Boundaries
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 2: ADHD, Mogwais and Gremlins
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 3 - Journey from 1 to 3
Mommy's Mental Health : Chapter 4 - Valentines-Schmalentines
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 5 - Daring to Dream and braving the Imposter
Mommy's Mental Health: Milestone Celebration and Recap
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 6 -Trauma and The Art of Letting Go
Mommy's mental Health Chapter 7 - Lighting the Way Part 1: Gaslight or Flashlight
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 8 - Razing Miss Congeniality
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 9: My Octopus Teacher, Load shedding and Disappearing Daughters
Mommy's Mental Health: 10th Chapter - A Milestone celebration
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 10: The Wedding Crasher
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 11 - Don't Go Messing With My Baby Box
Mommy's Mental Health- Chapter 12: A decade of motherhood and 10 years of loving you
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 13 - The Elephant in the Room - Living with Body Dysmorphia - Part 1
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 14 - Breakfast for One (Mom) at Reload Café
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 15: When Burning Brightly Burns You Out
Mommy's Mental Health - 15th Chapter Celebration and Reflection
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 16: "Loving me for who I am" is a two way street
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 17: The Depression Monster
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 18 - The Christmas Grinch
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 19 - The Power of Love (and rest!)
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 20: 2 Birthdays and a Funeral
Mommy's Mental Health - 20 Chapter Recap: Celebrating year of blogging for my therapy
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 21 - Taking Back The Reins - Part 1
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 22 - Taking Back The Reins AND 5 KGS DOWN! - Part 2
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 23: A Broken Halleluja. Goodbye Dad and Goodbye Chai.
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 24: The Dark Year - Part 1: The Year the Wolves Came
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 25 - Taking Back The Reins part 3 - 😵🤯JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL 😵🤯
Mommy's Mental Health: 25th Chapter summary and celebration 💜
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 26 - Searching for Light in the Dark
Mommy's Mental Health, Chapter 27:Grappling with Fear: Toxic Productivity and the Guilt of Rest.
Mommy's mental health: chapter 28-taking back the reins-part 4: 10 things I've learnt this year
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 29- #WorldMentalHealthMonth #PostYourPill
Mommy's Mental Health 30th Chapter Celebration
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 31 -part one- Bone Tired of Broken Promises
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 31- part two- I won 💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 32: The 20-year Highschool Reunion
💜💜💜Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 33: A Guide to Falling Flat on Your Face💜💜💜
🖤💜💔🌹Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 34: "No," is a full sentence.🖤💜💔🌹
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 35- The Dark Year Part 2: Jack and Jill
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 36- taking back the reins part 5
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 37: The Waiting Game
https://www.ecency.com/hive-124452/@clairemobey/mommy-s-mental-health-chapter-b5cd1300b74df
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 39 - Birthdays, Getting back on track and new beginnings
❤️💐🌷🪷🌺🐞💃👩🎤Mommy's Mental Health 40th Chapter Celebration - Beacons of Hope❤️💐🌷🪷🌺🐞💃👩🎤
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 41 - Practicing Gratitude and Why It's Hard
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 42 - Where Do All The Good Girls Go?
😭🙄💔🤕Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 43 - Adding Insult to Injury 😭🙄💔🤕
Mommy's Mental Health Chapter 44: My Birth Story - the uncensored version
❤️🤕😱🙄Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 45 - The Burnt Butt Saga Continues❤️🤕😱🙄
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 46 - Unexpected Couple's bonding while were on the mend!
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 47: Ups and Downs, Grief, Gratitude, and Therapy Homework
❤️🩹💊👭Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 48: I can See Clearly Now the Rain is Here❤️🩹💊👭
❤️🩹💊👭👨👧👦Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 49: finding Purpose❤️🩹💊👭👨👧👦
🌊🌧️⛈️☔💙Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 51 - Treading Water.🌊🌧️⛈️☔
❤️💜👭Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 53: Shadows on The Wall ❤️💜
❤️💜👭Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 54: Winds of Change and Unexpected Memories👭
❤️👨👧👦💜Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 56: Let it Be: Learning The Meaning of Trust❤️👨👧👦💜
❤️👨👧👦💜Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 57: Adulting, Grief, Motivation and Parenting❤️👨👧👦💜
❤️👨👧👦💜Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 58-The Tides Do Turn❤️👨👧👦💜
😷😫🤒💜Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 59-A Night From Hell - Weirdest Couples Bonding Ever!😷😫🤒💜
💜Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 60 - Learning the value of "No"💜
💜🎉🥳🥂⭐Mommy's Mental Health 60th Chapter Celebration🎉🥳🥂⭐💜
❤️💜👭Mommy's Mental Health CHAPTER 61: Mommy👭
😂😂❤️Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 61 - A Meme for a Laugh at Myself😂😂❤️
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 62
❤️😢🤗👩👧Mommy's Mental Health, Chapter 63 - Quality Time with Mom and Good Byes Suck❤️😢🤗👩👧
❤️🤕💊Mommy's Mental Health, Chapter 64: These are a few of my favourite things!❤️🤕💊
Mommy's Mental Health, Chapter 65- grappling with acceptance and gratitude
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 67: A Light at The End of the Tunnel
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 69 - I'm Going Through Changes"
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 70- Reflection and looking forward
🎉🥳🥂⭐💜Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 70 Celebration and Recap🎉🥳🥂⭐💜
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 71 - One Day At A Time
☠️☠️☠️Mommy's Mental Health-Chapter 72 - Death Becomes Her - Part 1 ☠️☠️☠️
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☠️☠️☠️Mommy's Mental Health-Chapter 72.2 - Death Becomes Her - Part 2 ☠️☠️☠️
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 73- Grief is a terrible thing...
❤️💜💙🖤🖤🤎💚🧡Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 74 - A Mixed Bag❤️💜💙🖤🖤🤎💚🧡
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 76: A Double Trip to the Doctor And Ice-Cream For The Brave
Mommy's Mental Health 76.2 - Warts and All!
Mommy's Mental Health: Chapter 77 - A Wild Ride Into 40
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 78- If I Had a Time Machine
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 79 - The Dreaded Biological Clock
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 80 - Job Hunting in a Turd Economy
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 81- Easter Chaos -When My Entire Being Is Melting With the Chocolate
🍫🎂🎁❤️🧁🍪👩🍳Mommy's Mental Health- Chapter 82- Taking The Giant Leap & Starting My Own Business
💜❤️💗💕🤱🤱Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 83 - In Honor of Mothers Day; Advocating for Breastfeeding Positivity💜❤️💗💕🤱🤱
💜Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 84- Forgetting To Breathe💜
💜❤️🎂Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 85 - Cake and Politics💜❤️🎂
💔💜💝Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 85- Stuck in a loop💔💜💝
💔💜💝Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 86- Paradoxical Existence💔💜💝
🐾🐈💜🐾Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 87 - Chaos, Recovery and Cats🐾🐈💜🐾
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 88-❤️Matthew Turns 13❤️
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 89-❤️Interviews and Attempted Self-improvement
Mommy's Mental Health - Chapter 90 - I Had a Dream Last Night
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Congratulations -- keep going, and enjoy that new view!
Thank you so much! It's amazing what a change of view can do for your mental health <3
This really got to me 😭 Being a mum and staying mentally strong at the same time? It’s not easy at all. You’re doing an amazing job! Keep going💕💕💕💕💕
Wow. Really. thank you very much. Writing these posts is a kind of theraoy for me so I do get something personal out of it too! 'Thanks for stopping by and your support <3
I will definitely be following from now. You've gained a new fan. Every mum deserves all the support. It is the the only unpaid job in the world. I babysat my nephews once and my respect for mother soared. You are amazing and you are appreciated ❤️
Thank you so much! That means a lot!!! !Luv !Hug !Lady
You did an amazing job, keep it going and have a nice day😊
Thank you so much! I really enjoy writing them and sharing my life experiences with people. It's helped me connect with other people as well who have similar struggle <3 Thanks for the support!