How can I stop my depression is affecting my kid?
My 9yo kid said: “you look so happy in the photos when I was a baby, but now you’re just tired and crying all the time.”
And the thing is… I DO spend heaps of quality time with her, go on trips, listen to her, take an interest in her as a person, laugh, try not to cry in front of her. We go swimming. I do heaps of creative stuff with and without her.
But at the end of the day I am severely fatigued and depressed. It’s just a fact. And I’ve been trying to get all sorts of help for a decade. They don’t really know what to do with me. Doctors have been telling me to see a therapists and therapists to see a doctor. I’ve had therapy and SSRIs and SNRIs and I’m on NDRIs now. I’m in Australia so mental health care is not good or accessible. So I don’t really know what to do…