How was your mental health after having kids?
I am 80% on the childfree side. This is mostly out of concern for my own mental health. I've had periods of depression plus anxiety. Going up I had ADHD, and now it's probably subdisorder but I still need stimulation and hate feelings trapped.
This makes everything with having a young kid sound awful. Like if I could pick a selection of things to make my mental health bad this hits all of them: feeling trapped, not sleeping well, being bored.
I am curious how peoples mental health changed after having kids. On average, did you have more bad periods after having kids than before? Is it something you worried about but it wasn't as bad? Curious to hear your thoughts.