The Mother Struggle

parenting through mental illness

  • Home
  • Mental Illness
  • Motherhood
  • Collected Works
  • About Sara Green
  • Home
  • Mental Illness
  • Motherhood
  • Collected Works
  • About Sara Green

Follow Me!

  • Mental Illness

    Can Bullet Journaling Help This Neurodivergent Mom?

    Sara Green / November 12, 2021

    I have never been a person that used a planner. I mean, I obviously would buy the planners, pens, and stickers. But they would just accumulate dust. Or I’d give it to one…

    read more
  • Mental Illness

    Mental Illness isn’t Inspirational.

    Sara Green / October 26, 2021

    The truth is that I’m not okay. As someone that writes about her journey with mental illness, I like to tie it in a nicely wrapped bow. I have masked the truth with…

    read more
  • Mental Illness

    Finding Healthier Habits

    Sara Green / October 20, 2021

    Well, I’m surviving without social media. Please read that sarcastically because of course, I can survive without it. But, it doesn’t mean it hasn’t been an adjustment. Ugh … I sound very millennial…

    read more
  • Mental Illness

    Going Back to Basics

    Sara Green / October 16, 2021

    I quit social media yesterday. Well, that sounds kind of dramatic. I didn’t delete or de-activate any of my accounts. But, I did remove all the apps from my cell phone. Facebook. Instagram.…

    read more
  • Mental Illness,  Motherhood

    Moms, The Mess is Okay

    Sara Green / July 14, 2021

    It doesn’t matter where you look in my house. There are no Pinterest-worthy spaces. Trash is everywhere besides the garbage bin because it is too full to put anything else in there. The…

    read more
  • Mental Illness

    The Dark Side of Intrusive Thoughts

    Sara Green / May 6, 2021

    How Could I Have These Thoughts? Have you ever been immobilized by an intrusive thought that comes out of nowhere? An idea that could be so dark it scares you? After giving birth…

    read more
  • Mental Illness

    Mental Illness Does Not Define You as a Parent

    Sara Green / May 4, 2021

    Parenting through mental illness can be difficult. It can alter how we view ourselves as parents. In the darkest days, we think of ourselves failures, unworthy of loving, and providing for our children.…

    read more
  • mother struggle planning for the apocalypse
    Mental Illness

    Planning for the Apocalypse

    Sara Green / May 6, 2020

    I’m not a planner. I don’t organize for tomorrow or the days to come. I tackle the day, moment by moment. It doesn’t matter how prepared I am, the unexpected will, and always…

    read more
Copyright © 2022 The Mother Struggle
Ashe Theme by WP Royal.