01/22/2026
Thoughtful Thursday
Repost from
Children unravel when their brains are wiring for the next stage.
We accept this in them. We expect it. We call it development.
But when a mother falls apart, the world calls it “overwhelmed,”
“too emotional,” “not coping well,” “hormonal.”
What if we named it what it truly is?
Motherhood is not just a role.
It is a neurological transition.
As writes, falling apart in matrescence is not regression — it is reorganization.
The mother’s nervous system is pruning old pathways, building new ones, expanding her capacity to hold more joy, more grief, more responsibility, more love.
What toddlers do in weeks, mothers do over months and years —
often in silence, without celebration.
Every tear.
Every overwhelm.
Every “I’m not myself.”
This is not failure.
It is the nervous system becoming.
Children fall apart before they grow.
So do mothers. 🧠🦋
