As we hide in our homes waiting out this virus, I’m worried about another, silent, pandemic
to 957 complaints, constantly remind everyone toYes, this is life with young kids. It’s what I signed up for and no, it’s not glamorous. Being a mom doesn’t come with “me” time. Showers are forever getting interrupted by preschoolers and their endless barrage of nonsensical questions.
How can I keep doing this? How can I get in the shower every night, wash off the spit up, the glitter glue, and the sandbox, only to crawl into bed, feed the baby, and wake up in the morning of this never-ending Groundhog Day and do it all again, without a break in sight? I, like many parents, am worn out and tired, and I fear this unsustainable hamster wheel we’re on is giving rise to a silent, mental health pandemic.
I’m a worrier and I sometimes tend to catastrophize. I lost my sister to brain cancer when she was 20; and when you’ve been slammed, you can’t help but to fear the worst. Illness makes me incredibly anxious. Now, I worry that we will get COVID-19; I worry that we will make my parents ill; I worry that myis suffering from being isolated from friends, family, and school; I worry that there won’t be a vaccine; I worry that we will again be stuck at home all winter long.
Sure, I’ve seen my therapist virtually a few times, but my appointments are not my own with the kids wandering in, or the baby crying. Even my favourite escape, my spin studio, is now a stationary bike in the room behind my kitchen, no longer a place to decompress, as my daughter dances beside the bike, or the baby wakes early from his nap and cries., my experience this time around is starkly different.
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