{"id":3439,"date":"2016-04-18T11:52:44","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thatorganicmom.com\/?p=3439"},"modified":"2022-08-04T09:54:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T13:54:41","slug":"frantic-motherhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thatorganicmom.com\/frantic-motherhood\/","title":{"rendered":"Frantic Motherhood, Overwhelm, Burnout, and Busy Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Motherhood – the state of being a mother; we understand that meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Frantic. Even the word feels riddled with anxiety.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
fran\u00b7tic<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u02c8fran(t)ik\/<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
adjective<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n
wild or distraught with fear, anxiety, or other emotion.<\/span><\/li>
“she was <\/span>frantic with<\/b> worry”<\/span><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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panic-stricken, panicky, beside oneself, at one's wits' end, distraught, overwrought, worked up, agitated, distressed; <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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conducted in a hurried, excited, and chaotic way, typically because of the need to act quickly.<\/span><\/li>
“frantic attempts to resuscitate the girl”<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes I just feel frantic. Like it\u2019s never enough. There\u2019s always a need for more and a pull towards more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*see the update at the bottom of this post 8\/4\/2022<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I need to do more and be more. I need more equipment, more tools, more help. I have some things I don\u2019t want MORE of\u2026 More laundry, more dishes, more schoolwork, more chores, more errands\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n
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In a frantic motherhood there's always a need for more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Then there are the things I want to get to<\/em> and fear<\/strong> I never will\u2026 More books to read, more information to be shared, more of my memories to write down, more stories to tell, more adventures to go on.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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