Welcome, I’m jenny tennille, the Mental Mommy. This is a safe place where I will share my journey as a mom struggling with mental illness and a nihilist world view. For me, it is generalized anxiety, bouts of depression, Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (CPTSD), and ongoing existential turmoil. If you are struggling with mental illness as a parent or know someone who is, then you know how hard it can be to cope while also trying to do your best each day. I hope you will find solace and support here.

I’ve been a stay-at-home mom for 15+ years. I was so sad to give up my career of sporadic job hopping (not really, it was all pointless). Not all of it’s been pretty. But it’s cool, yo. I have four kids ages 6-15 who have been homeschooled from the beginning (my oldest started public school in 10th grade [insert me sniffling]). They are my loves. They are my life. Even if it’s messy. Real messy. Even though I believe life has no inherent overall meaning, they are still my reason for getting up each day. My husband works from home, and we drive each other nuts, but that is just us. We live to annoy each other. He embraces me and all my weird “crazy”. We live in sorta-rural Michigan, suburbanites tryin’ to make it country. I hate weeds (I’m allergic) and ticks (they are the devil), but it works. We do fine. It’s all good. Feel free to check out my upcoming project called The Dog Debacle about my mental breakdown surrounding a damn dog. I also published an article on Medium about this.

I needed a place to unleash the roiling turmoil inside my head; hence, the birth of this website. It’s messy. It’s weird. It’s 100% me.

Click here for a more detailed “about me” blog posting.

I’m glad you’re here.