Why Didn't Someone Tell Me?
Could have my depression been caused by being a stay at home mom? The long days of same. The never feeling like I quite measure up. Oh, and the "I'll do it tomorrow" because, ya know... tomorrow is the same as today. And when the depression and anxiety set in... You start believing that you couldn't be out in the real world. You wouldn't make it out there. Depressed people don't do well out there. Anxiety in public would be awful. So stay in. Try to pray away the anxiety and depression. And as the years go by, watch it become a part of your identity. That has been me. 25 years of staying home. Some getting out and coaching... but that was only in short spurts. I will admit though, it felt good to get out a bit. For the most part, it was stay home and feel all the guilt of a messy house, laundry, and food to cook. Oh, and then there is was homeschooling. A constant bombarding of thoughts about not being good enough. Never doing enough.