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Why maternal ambivalence is normal but feels shameful

I love my children desperately but some days I fantasize about my life before them and then feel like a terrible mother for having those thoughts.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The cultural mythology of constant maternal fulfillment makes normal feelings of loss and constraint seem like moral failures.

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