u/Jakethehog

Do you put super fences around literally everything? How does anyone have plants? Lamps? A record player? How do you have anything that's not 4+ feet off the ground? How do you have a pet food and water area? Hobby supplies? Pictures on the wall that can be reached from the couch? A pet that does not like to be around your toddler but your toddler loves to chase it? Is everything you own mounted to the wall???

I just found this sub! I’m wondering if anyone has had some success in becoming more present-minded and cultivating gratitude for reality? Has anyone been able to transform their maladaptive daydreaming into ambition that they actually work towards achieving in life? Please share your story/strategy if so!

I'd like a book that depicts and discusses a large sample of Alice Neel's paintings. Writings or quotes from the artist would also be great. Not looking for a biography.

What are your recommendations?

Currently pregnant with my second who is due one month before my son’s second birthday. Am I still in for the tough 2 under 2 experience or have I narrowly escaped?

Hey everyone, I am struggling right now and need to vent. I would probably benefit from solidarity and tales of things getting better ...

I'm 8 weeks pregnant with my second baby and this first trimester is kicking my ass. The fatigue is HORRIBLE. I want to sleep all day and night. I have no energy to do anything that I actually like doing, and I feel mentally exhausted, fuzzy and flat. I feel like I don't have the energy to even have a meaningful conversation. I've also been struggling with nausea and dry heaving constantly - pretty much every smell is making me gag.

I have a 15-month-old that I stay at home with. I feel like I have no energy to properly entertain him. He has started yelling when he wants things that are not available - like climbing the stairs or going outside. I can't emphasize enough how annoying this yelling behaviour is. I am so tired that I feel like I resent my son. I have zero to give and he needs to much. I count down the minutes until his naps and when he wakes up my heart sinks. Every minute of the day that he's awake feels like a nightmare of an eternity. I think about the baby I am growing and I have no idea why I have decided to have another one. When I think about having two ... I want to break down and cry. I feel like my life is over. Every day will be like this, just trudging through miserably waiting for an opportunity to go to sleep. Zero enjoyment. I am wondering why I had kids at all.

I want to run away from my life and my family. I want to be alone and do the things that I like doing. I want to feel like there's something in the future to be excited about but I can't see it. I see being a tired nurse and maid and never again accomplishing anything for myself.

I'm going to speak with my midwife about prenatal depression at my first appointment, but in the meantime I'd love to hear from you guys.

I need help. My 15-month-old yells whenever he wants something that is not available at that moment (like if he wants to climb the stairs or go outside, for example). It is not a cry or a scream, it sounds like "AAAHHH AAAHHH" with his full voice. Sometimes it does turn into a crying tantrum though. Lately it feels like he yells at me all day long.

I am 8 weeks pregnant and am having a really bad first trimester and don't have the energy for this. How do I stop the yelling? I try to distract him with a toy but that only works some of the time.