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,…
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By Lauren Eberspacher I Take This Little White Pill
I take this Little White Pill. Every morning like clockwork. Not because I am weak. But because I am brave.…
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By Rachel Gnagy 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.…
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By Samantha Krieger 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…
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By Tiffany Wicks 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…
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By Katelyn Stoll My Body Let Me Down
Postpartum Depression. Postpartum Anxiety. Postpartum Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Postpartum Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Postpartum Congratulations On Having A Baby Good Luck…
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By Esther Vandersluis 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…
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By Jen Mearns 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 .…
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By Alaina V. Fletcher 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…
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By Nina Leicht-Crist 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…
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By Arianna Freelen 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…
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By Caitlin Rodiek Motherhood Hid My Depression
There was a time, in my early twenties, when I was so full of energy and pep that people…
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