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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. Thank you for your support and advice.

I’m feeling better - when I wrote this, I was also dealing with hormonal fluctuations (I sometimes get severe PMS), and feeling overall depressed.

On the bright side of things, today I was offered a job with a $20k raise over my currently salary. So that’s a relief. Hoping I’ll be out of debt in the next year and can breathe a little easier.

I’m looking into parenting classes so I can establish better routines. Right now the biggest and most frustrating issue is feeling like I have to constantly yell at everyone to get them to do anything.

I’m realizing it’s not my kids per se that I regret and resent. I regret the circumstances I brought them into this world, regret who their father is, and feel so overwhelmed I’ve had to build a career and raise young kids at the same time. It’s been a hard few years.

[/quote] ((((hugs)))). I take it one day at a time.  Sometimes, one hour or one minute at a time.  If you find yourself about to yell:  Stop, close your eyes, breathe in for 7, hold for seven, breathe out for seven.  This will help you reset.  It can help even  if you do it after you yell.   If my kids yell back or make a comment, I say, “ would you like to try that again?”   Neither work all the time, but it helps more than you would think.

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