当妈妈很幸福？那你是不知道她们究竟有多抑郁

当妈妈很幸福？那你是不知道她们究竟有多抑郁

Parenting is hard and we should be honest about it


New Words:
exhausted美 [ɪɡ'zɔstɪd] adj. 疲惫的；耗尽的
diminutive美 [dɪ'mɪnjətɪv] adj. 小的，小型的，微小的
headlock美 ['hɛdlɑk] n. 摔跤中的夹头,锁头
hostage美 ['hɑstɪdʒ] n. 人质；抵押品
voodoo 美 ['vudu] n. 伏都教（一种西非原始宗教）；伏都教徒
visceral美 ['vɪsərəl] a dj.出于本能的；发自肺腑的；
tedious美 ['tidɪəs] adj. 沉闷的；冗长乏味的
deplete美 [dɪ'plit] vt. 耗尽，用尽；使衰竭，使空虚
disservice美 [dɪs'sɝvɪs] n. 伤害；帮倒忙的行为；不亲切的行为；虐待


I love my daughter. I don't always love being a mother.
我爱我的女儿。我并不总是喜欢做一个母亲。
I'm exhausted most days. The bulk of the games my 2-year-old demands I play are so boring that I could cry. She's diminutive, but still puts me in a firm headlock when I try to leave her room each night. Getting her into the bath is practically a hostage negotiation. And that look she gives me when she dumps her dinner on the floor — what is that? I swear it's voodoo. 
我大部分时间都很累。我2岁的孩子要求我玩的游戏实在是太无聊以至于我都快哭了。小小的她，每当我试图每晚离开她房间时，都会把我牢牢地锁在怀里。把她送进浴室实际上是人质谈判。当她把晚餐倒在地板上时，她给了我的表情——那是什么？我发誓那是一张巫毒脸。
Loving Atika is visceral, chemical, exquisite. But raising her can be tedious and depleting. If we suggest being a mother means we must be joyful all, or even most, of the time, we do all mothers a disservice. Motherhood is remarkably difficult. Acknowledging that and taking care of our mental health is as important as taking care of our babies.


爱孩子（迪卡）是本能的，难以抑制的，强烈的。但是抚养她真的很乏味，感觉快被掏空一般。如果说做一个母亲，意味着我们必须在所有的时候，甚至在大多数时候都是快乐的，那么这对于所有母亲来说，无意会造成伤害。当妈妈真的很难。承认和顾及我们的心理健康和照看我们的孩子一样重要。
（摘自usatoday）