My First Mental Health Breakdown…🥺 #shorts

I didn’t know how tough parenthood would be until I became a dad.

The late nights…

The lack of sleep…

The constant crying…

The human body is great at handling brief episodes of stress (fight or flight response), but it does a very poor job at handling steady, consistent, everyday stress.

I try to remind myself of the Stoic philosophy that teaches us to focus on the things you can control and worry less about the things that you can’t.

I can’t control how a new baby is going to behave, but I now know that I can control the way I respond to all the things that will come up.

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