Childless On Mothers Day

[Justmehere]

I want to have kids. My battle to survive trauma and to now survive PTSD, and its impact on relationships, means I will likely never have children.

I know there's lots I can do to still help at risk kids and so on. I'm not someone qhonthinkings having kids or not defines my worth.

I simply want to be a mom. I see all the moms today and my heart keeps breaking. It's not going to happen for me.

 

[Crow]

:hug:

 

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[mrsps]

I also want to have kids, hubby and I are getting on in age now and it would need to happen in the next few years. Issues both hubby and I have are preventing us from having kids.
I feel your pain on days like mothers day ((hugs))

 

[EveHarrington]

I think I understand.

I have wanted a family since I was a kid. I always loved seeing my extended family at get togethers, holidays, etc. I wanted that for myself. Similar to you, I have issues which are preventing the family/relationship thing from happening. People don't understand when I say I am missing out on something-----I'm told I can live a happy life without a family of my own. They just don't understand.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I understand fully, for whatever its worth.

 

[Purplemunchkin]

I simply want to be a mom. I see all the moms today and my heart keeps breaking. It's not going to happen for me.

I feel exactly the same way. I have always known that I wanted to have/adopt a child. For various reasons one of those is impossible and the other is highly improbable.

I do have step children, but that is a double edged sword that can be simultaneously amazing and beautiful, and completely soul-destroying.

I have a friend who has never wanted children and I do sometimes wonder how liberating that must be.

:hug:

 

[Ava Jarvis]

:hug:

I don't want children and I guess it is liberating but at the same time there are lots of great things about children. To some extent I understand.

 

[Justmehere]

This is a hard thing for me to write about. Thank you for the encouragement and support, I really needed it. It helped me have courage to share how I was feeling with a friend offline, and it turns out she was really hurting about this too.

I'm struggling with words. It hits so deep. It helps so much to know that I'm not alone.

Thanks all. Sharing this has helped more than I can explain.