I have been doing more self care and I find I can handle things better than when I wasn't taking care of myself. My examples of self care are: going to bed at a reasonable hour, enjoying my hobbies, taking breaks from the kids, exercise class, cooking, talking about my anxiety with family members, mentioning it in conversations with others at work. Especially when I feel overwhelmed with the kids, I just tell them. "Mommy is having a hard time right now and needs everyone to be quiet for a couple minutes. Let's do a quiet activity", or "I need your help right now because I'm not feeling good and it would help me if you did this...". I still have those moments where I get overloaded but I recognize the before symptoms better since it's less often it happens. I hope that helps Starla W.
