Saira Kahn has opened up to fans about feeling overwhelmed
Saira Khan has openly discussed the challenges of being a working mum in an honest social media post. While the TV star hinted at hormonal influences, she stressed that life's demands can be simply too 'overwhelming'.
Taking to Instagram, the former Loose Women panellist said: "This rant is for any woman, a mother, who works or runs her own business, is going through hormonal change, and just feels like it’s too much. It’s overwhelming.
"And people just don’t understand the f***ing effort that you put into every day and people go, 'It’s brain fog'. I’m not f***ng surprised it’s brain fog because my brain is thinking about the dogs, the washing up, the cooking, the cleaning, the work that I’ve got to do.
"And then I’m thinking about the next day and it’s like, I’m not saying that it’s just us women that do that, but it does feel like in my household, and in many households up and down this country, if you are a strong driven woman, they pile it on."
At 55, Saira, from Long Eaton in Derbyshire, revealed she's been trying HRT to manage her hormones, yet hasn't found much relief so far. She acknowledged this as an 'underlying irritation' but also mentioned that those around her aren't offering enough help.
She continued: "And then on top of that, we’re going to a festival, they’re all upstairs getting ready, the dog hasn’t been fed, the dog hasn’t been walked, the washing’s still in, things haven’t been put away.
"The f***ing bins are overflowing. We are going away for four days, right? I don’t want to come back to a f***ing s***hole. And then I’m running a business, which I love, it’s my passion, but it’s in a growth spurt. So, I’m like, I’ve got to also be thinking about that, trying to work at the same time."
Feeling overwhelmed and fearing she was 'losing the plot', Saira told her family to go to the festival without her so she could have some much-needed alone time before joining them. She reached out to her followers, asking if they had ever felt similarly swamped.
"The biggest rant EVER of a middle-aged working mum," Saira added in the post's caption. "If anyone else feels the same way, please let me know because I feel like it is just me having these episodes where I just cannot cope with the reconsideration! I look like a state…. But that’s what I’m driven to… a dishevelled mess!"
Saira's candid post resonated with many of her followers, sparking a wave of supportive comments from fans who empathised with the domestic struggles faced by women. One person wrote: "OMG Saira you just described my life!! I feel your pain."
Meanwhile, another added: "I feel exactly the same and I don't have as much on my plate as you." Someone else also added: "This has been me today!
"Why are there three of us in this house, but I am the only one: washing, cleansing, arranging the meals, doing the shopping, worrying about school uniforms and play dates and holiday clubs and birthday presents and holidays and the dog and myself and the car and and and and AND!!"
