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Being a Parent is not easy!





            All parents face challenges                       disorder as well as cope with

            when  raising  a  family  and                     the pressures of family life it

            stress  and  anxiety  are                         can become overwhelming.

            common                 in          many                    Parents  with  mental

            households.    However  for

                                                              illness  report  experiencing
            those  parents  who  are                          feelings  of  distress  in


            trying to manage a mental
                                                              regards  to  their  parenting

                                                              capabilities  such  as  lack  of
                   Did you know?
                                                              confidence,               guilt         and


            Mental            illnesses           in          compromised  relationships

            women               are          often            with their children.

            triggered  or  exacerbated
                                                                      Yet  parenting  brings
            by         pregnancy               and            with  it  many  joys  and

            childbirth.  So  if  you’re                       parents  with  a  mental


            expecting  or  just  had  a                       disorder find that the desire


            baby  and  feeling  like                          to be a loving and effective

            somethings  not  right  it
                                                              parent  motivates  them  to
            might  be  time  to  talk  to                     manage  their  illness  to  the

            your GP.                                          best of their ability.


                                                                      Parenting with a mental

                                                              disorder is not easy but like


                                                              all  parents  they  find  it

                                                              rewarding  and  an  integral

                                                              part of their identity.
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