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…
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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…
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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…
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My Body Let Me Down
Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Anxiety. Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Postpartum…
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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…
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I’m a College Educated, Middle Class Mother; Postpartum Anxiety Landed Me In a Psychiatric Hospital
Shame . . . is what I felt in the Emergency Room telling them I needed psychiatric help. Shame . . . is what I felt in the psychiatric section of the…
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Motherhood Was Supposed To Be Paradise
The needle in my spine sent shock waves of pain straight down my leg. I felt one short breath away from a panic attack as the anesthesiologist tried…
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Five Strategies I Use to Beat Postpartum Depression and Anxiety
My hands were shaking as I dialed the number to my doctor’s office. I held the phone to my ear and sat down as I listened to the line ring. My…
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Postpartum Psychosis Is No Joke: Why I Won’t Be Seeing the Movie “Tully”
Editor’s note: contains movie spoilers I really wanted to see Tully. The first trailer I saw for the upcoming Charlize Theron movie, marketed…
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Why I Hid My Postpartum Anxiety
After a failed vasectomy reversal, a second successful reversal, two failed frozen embryo transfers and six (in total) IVF with ICSI procedures, and…
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