It’s Hard to Forgive My Self for Being a Depressed Mother

Mood disorders take a toll on motherhood, but the guilt is undeserved

Martha Manning, Ph.D.
Modern Women
Published in
5 min readMar 2, 2024

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Daughter, mother, grandmother

I just signed off from a Face Time session with my daughter and my six-month-old granddaughter, Maxine. They live in Sweden, and the only time I saw her, in person, was a few…

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Martha Manning, Ph.D.
Modern Women

Dr. Martha Manning is a writer and clinical psychologist, author of Undercurrents and Chasing Grace. Depression sufferer. Mother. Growing older under protest.