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What is Recovery Parenting? A New Theme for Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. In recognition, I’m introducing a new theme for MentalHealthMomBlog: Recovery Parenting.
Let me explain…
Incessant worry is what moms do no matter how hard we try not to; even after our kids get better—and long after we should know better. Waiting for the other shoe to drop; waiting for that call to come from the police or the ER that starts “we’re sorry to say…your son (or daughter) is…” and then you fill in the blank with your worst fear. It doesn’t even have to be that dramatic. I would feel the same panic when one of my sons paused too long on the phone when I asked how his day had gone.
Welcome to Recovery Parenting. I want this new theme to help us focus on the challenges of keeping our own minds healthy while also being there for our kids—even if each of us is struggling in recovery from something… a mental disorder, an addiction or even just a really bad day.
For moms who blog and read blogs, recovery parenting online is about keeping our guilt in check and making the sharing we do with each other real and practical. But practical to me is more than exchanging recipes and craft tips. We are most in need new ways to take care of our wounded hearts and weary heads. So forget sugar-coated parenthood. I’m about making it real, each post offering a lesson learned or something to inspire and keep you going. I hope many of you will also share your good and bad days.
As those who read me often know, although I had severe depression my whole life, I just got around to treating it in my mid-forties, and then only because my eldest son, Alex, experienced a “psychotic break.” Putting our kids’ needs first is what mothers do; but, as I discovered…
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