Do you think stay at home moms are more likely to suffer from depression than working moms?

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I've noticed lately that many of my SAHM friends have been open about their depression. However, many of my working mom friends have not had the same depression issue, at least that they've openly expressed.
Do You think SAHMs are more likely to suffer from depression than working moms? 
**this is just a question and is not meant to assume one is better than the other!**

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I think it's because we worry about the added expense as well as the stress that it may add on our working spouse. While it's a magical day in some lives where some don't worry about these things,  most mom's do.

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No kids so just a stay at home wife for now, but I was definitely way more depressed when working.

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I was a SAHM for my 2nd baby and suffered from depression during and after pregnancy. With my 1st baby I worked up until I had him and no depression what so ever....

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My personal experience is I've become depressed since I stopped working and am just home all the time bored and feeling useless. I feel guilty sometimes that my spouse is the only one that will be working. I'm due in June and will have to be a stay at home mom because their will be no one to watch my baby once he's born but me. My husband works 6 days a week 12 hour days. I have a resteraunt job right now to keep busy and help as much as I can with expenses but my job cut me to 1 shift a week. They know I'm pregnant and I think that's why they did that to me even though I asked for more shifts and told them I'm fine to work more. Alot of my depression also comes from moving away from my home in Fl to a state where I don't know anybody and have no one to hang out with or really talk to anymore which makes everything worse. My friends back home hardly call anymore but I don't  blame them. I left. I had to but it is what it is. I feel like there's no balance in my life anymore. No routine like before. It sucks I'm hoping to make some new mommy friends here eventually cause I don't know how I'll be able to handle being at home 24/7 with no social life whatsoever.

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I'm a stay at home mom I'm dealing with this now I already have 2 kids I already don't get out I'm always out home why my husband goes to work and I'm here with them and I'm 21 weeks pregnant with my 3rd and I have a very high depression and I don't know how to deal with it me and him always fight over stuff mad at each other and we say mean stuff then we make up later in sad most of the time then I'm mad I'm going through alot and no one uderstands what I'm going through but him. He's all I have on my side no family just him and our kids

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I definitely think it depends on a lot of factors. For me I used to teach third grade until I had my first. I loved my job but really knew that I had made the right choice in staying home. I absolutely loved it, not commuting 2 hrs a day and being able to devote all of my time to my family. I had a mommy group once a week, met a friend who nannied for a baby for walks and talks nearly every day, and lived in a city where there was a lot to do to get out and about with baby.

Since then we have moved to a very small town, I am now pregnant with my third, and just don't have the most positive friendships. Though I love being the one caring for my children full time, I am recently dealing with what I think may be depression (haven't seen anyone about it). I think a lot can depend on the circumstances; if you are working is it a positive experience that allows enough time for your family, do you have a good support network either staying home or at work, etc.

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I really think it depends on the woman, her personality, and her needs. I think there's probably a higher chance of facing depression as a stay at home mom if you battled it before in your life, or haven't felt well about your life. Post-partum depression is a serious thing that happens to women whether they're working or not. So if the woman has a great support group, loves being at home with her kids, and isn't missing her old job, etc. I don't think she's necessarily "more" likely.

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I am a working mom 
I honestly love being at work, there's a lot of distraction. As soon as I get home I fall into a depression

Do you think stay at home moms are more likely to suffer from depression than working moms?

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