Postpartum

Every year new mothers take their own lives because motherhood is nothing like they were promised. Although postpartum depression and anxiety is more openly discussed lately, there are still many stigmas surrounding mental illness. Even fathers experience this post-child depression. Postpartum is like a darkness that floats in and destroys everything. A woman took her own life when her daughter was just 4 months old. Whatever we accept from this situation we must acknowledge that we have failed her. All mothers who go through sever postpartum depression, anxiety, and psychosis are in a place of extreme vulnerability; it is not easy to accept that you cannot take care of your own child and that your needs as a person trump those of your child. For these women, a way out is the only choice to make.

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