Overstimulated (Past Tense)
o-ver-stim-u-late
verb
 stimulate physiologically, or mentally to an excessive degree

Overwhelmed (Past Tense)
o-ver-whelm
verb
 bury or drown beneath a huge mass
 defeat completely

The words many, including myself, use to describe motherhood.
Yet;
Motherhood
Moth-er-hood
Noun
 the state of being a mother

Those words are not within the definition.
In motherhood you are expected to be all things
But not overwhelmed & overstimulated
Expected to heal without pain
Or complain
Expected to love and adore your children
But never warned of the days you wish you weren’t one
Wonder what life would be like without being
Overstimulated and overwhelmed.
“Don’t complain” they say “someone yearns for your blessing”
“Don’t cry” they say “you must show the children strength”
“Don’t yell” they say “you may cause lifelong trauma”
Everyone seems to have an opinion,
on what a mother mustn’t do in motherhood
But have you sat down and thought about this
A mother experiences a level of hormones that no other human could possibly comprehend
You spend months knowing with your entire being you are crazy.
Your body spend months growing a human.
Your organs literally shift,
Have you ever felt the toes of a growing child in between your ribs?
Most woman experience complications,
Those come with grief, pain and failure
Then you give birth,
Most traumatically,
A pain I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
Then your sent home with no help outside of your family
Husbands return to work,
Children to school
And mom;
Expected to carry the home,
While recovering,
In the fourth trimester.
Expected to breastfeed because formula could never be good enough
Expected to care for a innocent, fragile newborn;
While experiencing an entirely new set of hormones.
Post partum depression
Post partum anxiety
Post partum pain!
A child grows while a mother does her duty
What is that duty you ask?
Suppress every thing for the sake of your child’s wellbeing.
Children grow up and go out into this world;
Where is mom?
Still stuck in the first stage of motherhood,
Added overstimulated and overwhelmed,
Topped with depression and suppression,
Sprinkled with tons of defeat.
Motherhood is the ugly truth!