Messy house, colicky newborn, baby's now got a fever, no help and the other three are out of control. I am ready to just kill myself. I can't take the stress and crying anymore.

two months away and I am already stressing out about baby's 1st birthday. I don't want a ton of gifts but money would be nice to open him an account. Just don't know how to ask without sounding tacky.

i cant take it anymore...im gonna cry...im just gonna lock myself in a closet , tuck my head between my legs and cry...all because i cant handle the stress of my young kids anymore!

I love my kids but they drive me insane. I'm a single mom and can barely make it the 5 1/2 hours between when they get home from school and bedtime. They stress me out so bad that I get severe anxiety and feel like I'm suffocating. Sometimes I wonder if it's easier having a husband to help or if I was just not cut out to be a mom.

When I get super stressed I binge. I'm of a "healthy" weight but I hate this about myself.

I'm an Australian who just had my first baby. I"m in canada and I have no support out here except for dh. I am stressed out, exhausted and depressed. Today my best canadian friend came over with 2 months worth of frozen meals. For the past 2 months she's been overcooking her meals putting enough for our famil in a tin and freezing them. I cried when she gave them to me. I'm so greatful. She is childfree.

I wrote the other day about my best male friend committing suicide. You read about war vets doing this all the time, but until it happens to someone you know, you can never fully grip it. He never got over having to be "on alert" at all times. He had to have quiet all the time, could barely sleep and the slightest noise woke him up. The stress got to him. I'm a Veteran myself, and I HATE what is happening to our soldiers. HATE IT!!!! May he (and they) rest in peace! I also think no one should be able to run this country unless they have served in the military themselves. They have no idea.

DH has been really stressed out lately. last night he woke me up and hugged me, he was sobbing. i have never seen him like this and i am worried. he doesn't remember doing this.

I think moms are great. My mom's cooking is awesome. I like talking to other moms. If a mom's stress is too great she yells. Moms deserve respect. A mom's work is never done. Apostrophe 101 lesson.

I feel helpless. DH is writhing in pain 90% of the time. None of the meds are touching it -- not the percocet, not the morphine, not the neurontin, not the valium, not the dilaudid. I massage, I rub, we use a heating pad. Thos help WHILE they are being applied, but otherwise, he's back to writhing. My kids are stressed out by it, which furhter stresses me. Things are so chaotic here right now, I feel out of control and helpless. I just want a margarita and a long bath, followed by a quick return to normalcy.