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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When Mommy Needs Meds
After giving birth to my second child, feelings of hopelessness and despair struck me like never before. I didn’t ask for them. They arrived on my…
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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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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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