If this week’s confessions had a theme, it would be that moms can only hold it together for so long.
Moms showed up with the kinds of truths that don’t always make it into the group chat or over coffee with a friend. The marriages that are silently breaking apart. The guilt that comes with wanting more or feeling exhausted. The loneliness that lingers even when you’re surrounded by people you love. The anxiety, heartbreak, financial stress, fertility struggles, impossible decisions, and all the complicated feelings that come with trying to hold everything together.
Because sometimes the hardest things to admit out loud are the things that don’t have an easy answer — the complicated feelings we tell ourselves we shouldn’t have, because they are “wrong” or “scary.” But that’s the beauty of Scary Mommy Confessions. They make space for the thoughts that often go unsaid, and remind us that the overwhelming parts of motherhood don’t erase the rest of who we are. Instead, these confessions serve as a reminder that we’re never as alone in our thoughts as we may think, and that quite literally everyone is going through it.
Scary Mommy Confessions are a tried-and-true part of what makes our site so fun. If you want to anonymously confess, look for our weekly callouts on Instagram. And to browse past Confessions, take a look here.
