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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have these sort of involuntary mental reactions to - for example - social media posts from friends whose kids are in school full time but they don’t have a job/ anything they do - and they’re just doing nothing. I work crazy bananas hard and always have - and make a pretty decent salary. At one point I stopped working when the kids were little - but got pretty depressed and went back. Am I just jealous of them? I don’t want to be judgmental so why does my brain do this? I’m sure it is hiding a deeper feeling and my therapist has said I need to figure out what is triggering me [/quote]

You said you stopped working for a time but got depressed and wanted to go back.  Ok.  That's you.  Many of us are exactly the opposite of you.  I was severely depressed while working because I wasn't able to be home with my kids, where I wanted to be.  I did eventually quit work to be home with them and my depression lifted almost immediately.  Now my kids are older and I could choose to go back to work full-time if I wanted - as it is, I work on a very part-time basis and have lots of free time to myself.  However, I'm happy, my husband is happy, and our kids are happy.  I have no desire to return to a full-time job - at ALL.

So my advice to you is to live your own life and let others live theirs.  And definitely seek therapy.[/quote]

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