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Marriage
June 9, 2019
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Dear Husband, Thank You For Loving Me Through the Storm of Anxiety

The note stuck out from a crack in my steering wheel, folded just so and placed right where you knew I would find it. I opened it gently, and my eyes…

Motherhood
March 24, 2019
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To the New Mom Hiding Her Anxiety: You Don’t Have to Circle “A”

“I have been so unhappy that I have been crying” A) No, never B) Only occasionally C) Yes, quite often D) Yes, most of the time…

Baby, Motherhood
March 12, 2019
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A New Mom Can Feel Blessed and Thankful and Still Battle Postpartum Anxiety

My hands are blood-red as I turn the water as hot as I can stand and pump out what’s left of the soap. I’m here at the sink again frantically…

Baby, Motherhood
March 2, 2019
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This is What it Feels Like to Truly Love Your Children—But Feel Like You Want to Die At the Same Time

I laid on the bathroom floor, crying. My last pregnancy was one of the lowest points of my life. Logically, I knew I had many things in life to be…

Motherhood
February 25, 2019
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There’s a Monster Lurking in the Quiet Shadows of Motherhood

I didn’t see the anxiety coming for me until I had already been swept away in its current. At first, it was just a subtle change in my emotions.…

Baby, Motherhood
February 9, 2019
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There Are Times I Just Don’t Feel Like Myself

“So, how are you feeling?” my husband cautiously asked me, probably expecting me to bite his head off for asking. Our fourth baby had…

Living, Motherhood
January 6, 2019
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To the Anxious Mom, You Are Not Invisible

I’ve seen you. I’ve seen you desperately cling to your baby while leaving him with a sitter for the first time. I’ve seen the glare…

Living
November 18, 2018
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A Letter to Myself Before I Attempted Postpartum Suicide

Dear You, Sometimes it’s hard to see you because the place you’re in is so dark and hidden and you don’t let anyone in, not even yourself. You…

Motherhood
November 13, 2018
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My Body Let Me Down

Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Anxiety. Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Postpartum…

Mental Health
June 27, 2018
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I Am the Face of Postpartum Anxiety

This is my real face. I am happy. I am probably—to some people—so annoyingly happy. I have everything I could ever want, pray or hope for. I have…