Social constructs for motherhood significantly impact maternal mental health. Carrie Mullins, author of "The Book of Mothers," explores literature, motherhood, and mental health.
42% of working mothers surveyed were diagnosed with anxiety and/or depression.The Book of Mothers: How Literature Can Help Us Reinvent Modern Motherhood
Undoubtedly, society’s set of expectations for mothers impacts maternal mental health. However, limited peer-reviewed research has been done on mothers’ mental health outside of the perinatal period. One survey conducted through the community app Peanut revealed that 72% of women feel invisible in the mothering role.
Mullins explores these themes and more in her refreshing take on motherhood through the lens of literature.Q: What mental health themes emerged as you were doing research for your book? What mental health issues plague modern mothers most, from your perspective, and in what ways does this differ the picture of motherhood found in classic literature?
A: Unfortunately, I think it’s all women and not just mothers who are expected to repress their emotions. As a society, we’re uncomfortable with female anger. But the situation has reached a crisis point with many mothers of my generation because of the rise of gentle, which is essentially the idea that you should remain emotionally neutral with your kids at all times—even if your one child purposefully rips up your other child’s art project and then throws paint at the wall.
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