Stay at Home Moms Depression: Fight it Off!

Stay at home moms depression is a common situation. All your daily projects are limited to one tiny biosphere; even though it might be great to live every single minute with our loved ones and to be granted with lots of love along the way but sometimes we really need to get out of there. We need a change. We need something that will force us to look into the mirror and say : “hey I need to look nice”. Ever happened to you to forget to look into the mirror? If you are a stay at home mom reading this then you sure know what I am talking about.

Children are amazing, they are a blessing, but to raise them and teach them to be happy you have to preserve your energy and wellness—especially your mental wellness. Depression will float over your head more often if you are at home all the time driving through that routine road day after day but you have to make a change. If you are feeling depressed right now please don’t sleep it off; sometimes it doesn’t work because you will wake up with an even bigger burden.  The best way is to work on your problems. Make a list of what is bothering you the most, and do your best to find a solution to these troubles before going to bed at night. 

If you leave your troubles hanging, you will wake up with a huge load over your head, and you will have to jeopardize another day on the expense of finding solutions or a way to get out of what might be depressing you. The major reason for depression among stay at home mothers is the limited environment she lives in and her feeling of being unproductive. Sadly, yes! She is the most productive woman on earth and yet she feels the contrary and I will tell you why. 

Let’s review together a stay home mom day, hour by hour and see how depressing it could get at the end of the day. After a long night of non-sleep, she wakes up very early to get the kids ready for school or to feed her toddler/baby. She has to drive her kids to school, come back home and start her daily routine of cooking, cleaning, running behind her little ones and gathering all the effort she could get to spend 16 extra hours of non-rest after a long night of non-sleep. She sips her coffee while running around the house; at the afternoon she has to drive her kids to their activities/ study with them/ or create activities to entertain them. Later, she bathes them, gives them healthy snacks and dinner, send them off to bed after reading their favorite bed time story, turn around and find the house in a terrible mess as if she hasn’t worked her ass off all day to clean it and put it in order. And the cycle continues. It is an endless, boring cycle. Now, we didn’t mention the hubby, coming back from work tired as if he is the only one who worked all day and asking his wife to pamper him. 

Yes ladies and gentleman, this is a small sample of a regular stay at home mother’s day.  Add to that the possibility of her catching a cold, one of her children getting sick and many more spices that could be added to intensify the feeling of depression. 

Society takes us for granted. We are not appreciated. People think we are sitting down on our butt all day watching sitcoms—I wish!!!! 

You want to fight depression my dear “stay at home mom” than start by admitting that the way you run your life is not healthy. Sacrificing all your time for your family is amazing but you still have to keep the right of having a time for yourself! 

How to be Super Mom will help you fight to get more appreciation in society, to learn how to create a time for yourself and to show people that you are more productive than anyone else in the world.

Depression in New Mothers: Causes, Consequences, and Treatment Alternatives Depression is the number one cause of maternal death in developed countries and results in adverse health outcomes for both mother and child. It is vital, therefore, that health professionals are ready and able to help those women that suffer from perinatal and postpartum depression (PPD). This book provides a comprehensive approach to treating PPD in an easy-to-use format. It reviews the research and brings together the evidence-base for understanding the causes and for assessing the different treatment options, including those that are safe for use with breastfeeding mothers. It incorporates a new psychoneuroimmunology framework for understanding postpartum depression and includes chapters on: Negative birth experiences Infant characteristics Psychosocial factors Antidepressant medication Therapies such as cognitive behavioural therapy Herbal medicine and alternative therapies Suicide and infanticide Invaluable in treating the mothers who come to you for help, this helpful guide dispels the myths that hinder effective treatment and presents up-to-date information on the impact of maternal depression on the health of the mother, as well as the health and well-being of the infant.

The Ghost in the House: Real Mothers Talk about Maternal Depression, Raising Children, and How They Cope An award-winning reporter for the "Washington Post," Tracy Thompson was thirty-four when she was hospitalized and put on suicide watch during a major depressive episode. This event, the culmination of more than twenty years of silent suffering, became the point of departure for an in-depth, groundbreaking book on depression and her struggle with the disease. "The Beast" shattered stereotypes and inspired countless readers to confront their own battles with mental illness. Having written that book, and having found the security of a happy marriage, Thompson assumed that she had learned to manage her illness. But when she took on one of the most emotionally demanding jobs of all being a mother depression returned with fresh vengeance. Very quickly Thompson realized that virtually everything she had learned up to then about dealing with depression was now either inadequate or useless. In fact, maternal depression was a different beast altogether. She tackled her problem head-on, meticulously investigating the latest scientific research and collecting the stories of nearly 400 mothers with depression. What she found was startling: a problem more widespread than she or any other mother struggling alone with this affliction could have imagined. Women make up nearly 12 million of the 19 million Americans affected by depression every year, experiencing episodes at nearly twice the rate that men do. Women suffer most frequently between the ages of twenty-five and forty-four not coincidentally, the primary childbearing years. "The Ghost in the House," the result of Thompson's extensive studies, is the first book to address maternal depression as a lifelong illness that can have profound ramifications for mother and child. A striking blend of memoir and journalism, here is an invaluable resource for the millions of women who are white-knuckling their way through what should be the most satisfying years of their lives. Thompson offers her readers a concise summary of the cutting-edge research in this field, deftly written prose, and, above all, hope.

The Postpartum Effect: Deadly Depression in Mothers A Mothers Tears presents a caring and knowledgeable picture of postpartum depression. Psychologist Arlene M. Huysman explains the very real hormonal and emotional causes of what was once dismissed as the baby blues, defines who is at risk, and shows readers how to recognize the illness. She also describes proper treatment, explains how to make sure ones doctor is an ally, and discusses how family can help new mothers get well again. This primer on the causes and cures of this common but long-misunderstood illness contains a new chapter presenting the most up-to-date research and developments.