21-01-2017 10:00 via theguardian.com

What I’m really thinking: the depressed new dad

I’d never want to hurt you, son, but I was terrified by the thoughts I had You are supposed to be our future, a new chapter in the story of our lives, but I can’t help resenting you. Only a few weeks old, you’re demanding and unreasoning and I’m struggling to see the good that you bring.To start with, we got on with it, settling into a routine as we stumbled through nappies and nights when you wouldn’t settle, but it started to wear me down. You hear about mothers w
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