12/07/2025
What happens to a woman if she doesn't rest from her kids for over a year (a psychiatrist explains the syndrome):
1. Maternal burnout
It's not just fatigue, it's biochemical exhaustion. The
brain stops producing dopamine and serotonin. She
looks at her child and feels nothing, just emptiness.
2. Cortisol overload
The body is in "fight or flight" mode 24/7. Immunity drops, she looks 5-7 years older - not from lack of
sleep, but from chronic stress.
3. Emotional anesthesia
She feels nothing — neither to the child nor to the
partner, reactions are mechanical. Inside - coldness and emotional shutdown for survival.
4. Signs of "depression"
73% of women show symptoms: apathy, guilt, fantasies of escape, thoughts like "they'd be better off without me." It's not personality, it's a broken mental state.
5. Screaming without control
The brain cortex responsible for restraint shuts down.
It's not her reacting — it's fear. And again - tears, shame, guilt.
6. State of "functional zombie"
Day after day: breakfast - laundry - bedtime - night wake-ups. Zero time for herself. She no longer knows who she is without the "mom" role.
7. Bad mom syndrome
"Didn't make purée - bad mom. Turned on cartoons - even worse." And even in silence, when the kids sleep, the inner critic won't shut up.
8. Libido drops by 90%
S*x feels like just another chore. The body doesn't want it, the brain can't disconnect. The couple grows distant. She's guilty, he feels rejected.
9. Hospital fantasies
Not to die, but just to... stop. The body begins to break down - psychosomatics, illness, collapse.
10. The maternal instinct is not infinite
She's not a bad mom if she takes a break. She's smart.
The one who doesn't — she's not a hero, she's just exhausted.
11. The biggest trap - shame of asking for help
"I'm a mom. Others manage." And while she's drowning, no one hears, because she doesn't complain.
