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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My Hurting Heart Was Masked By Motherhood
I was trying to escape motherhood and I didn’t realize it. I was in a dark place and I didn’t understand it. I hated staying at home with…
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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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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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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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Scarred But Stronger Thanks To Postpartum Depression
I walked past her today. In my rush to care for sick babies, clean up, put up, and then begin my work for the day I almost didn’t notice her.…
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Motherhood Hid My Depression
There was a time, in my early twenties, when I was so full of energy and pep that people often asked if I used to be a cheerleader in high…
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This Isn’t What I Thought Motherhood Would Be Like
I did not sign up for this. This thought went through my head as a screaming four-week-old newborn was lying in front of me. I was completely out of…
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Postpartum Depression is a Liar and a Thief
Dear postpartum depression, You’re brilliant. No really, you are. You let me make it through my first pregnancy completely unscathed, with…
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