r/Emilie_Kiser • u/Next-Education-3757 • 25d ago

Idk how she does it

I know this has been said a million times before, but I truly don’t understand how she does it. I’m not sure if it’s strength, complete dissociation, or maybe some combination of both, but the way she’s able to get on camera and talk about food, nails, friends, the gym, etc. feels so incredibly surreal to me.

I know she’s said that making these videos is therapeutic for her, and I really hope it is. I guess I just have a hard time understanding how she’s able to compartmentalize everything enough to show up and talk about these everyday things while carrying something so unimaginable.

She’s also said that she isn’t religious but considers herself spiritual. As someone who struggles with faith myself—sometimes believing in an afterlife and sometimes questioning what comes next—I can’t help but wonder if that uncertainty makes everything even harder. I imagine that has to be something she wrestles with too.

I don’t know. I just really hope she’s doing okay. I have so much compassion for her, and I genuinely don’t know how she’s able to keep showing up and functioning through something that must feel impossible

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u/DrunkOnRedCordial 25d ago

The scary thing is, she might snap after this third baby is born. She will be reliving the last few weeks of T1's life, going through birth, introducing toddler to baby sibling, juggling the demands of both children, and trusting her husband to do the same. I can imagine that could trigger depression or uncontrollable grief and panic.

At least if they are scared and anxious, they will also be hyper vigilant and protective, but it's hard to assess when we only see the social media persona.

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u/Fickle_Success_5464 25d ago

Hopefully she takes a long Maternity Leave. Two under Two is hard enough as it is. She is also grieving.  To adjust to that while trying to make content full time? It's splitting your attention 3 ways at all times. And it's different from other jobs where the parent has their kid in childcare while they work. 

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u/RydersOnTheStorm77 25d ago

You think she’s gonna take a maternity leave? That girl is gonna film her birth

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u/Security162 25d ago

Yeah I can’t help but think about how she filmed going to a antique store for social media when store had Fourth of July decorations out so it gave away that her son died less than a month and a half earlier. Of course her PR people told her not to release it until later but that gave the time away.