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Here are Some Tips for Parenting With Depression
By: Danny Lopez
When you’re depressed, you may feel as if you can barely take care of yourself let alone your children. Here are some tips for parenting with depression.
After being professionally diagnosed with depression, you may be bombarded by many different feelings, including wondering how you will parent while depressed.
Before we dive into the parenting issue, let’s take a moment to explore how you are feeling about your diagnosis.
First and foremost, you may feel relieved to finally be diagnosed by a professional.
But you may also be anxious about balancing your depression treatment (counseling appointments, affording medications, etc.) with your other responsibilities, such as parenting. You may be angry, frustrated, or confused. Or, you may feel nothing at all.
Before heading to the pharmacy or researching therapists, give yourself a pat on your back. You’ve bravely taken the first step to help yourself get better.
Whatever your reaction is to your diagnosis, you most likely have several treatment options.
