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Tag Archives: Postnatal depression
I asked for help
I asked for help when I was 12. I looked, alone, in my middle school library at a teenage health book. It told me that depression is an illness. It is real. You can be helped. It took me days … Continue reading
Posted in Bipolar, Child and adolescent mental health, Depression, Mental health services, Psychiatry
Tagged Activism, Antidepressants, Asking for help, Bipolar, Childhood onset, Depression, General practice, Mental health, Mental health services, Poetry, Postnatal depression, Psychiatry, Seeking help
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Self-awareness
A few weeks ago, I saw a GP for an urgent re-referral back to Consultant care. I was embarrassed by my plight. “I just feel like these unseen, malevolent forces are trying to thwart me at every turn,” I told … Continue reading
#badmummy
There is a social media conceit that all of us with children are terrible mothers. I have lost count of all the times I have seen friends publically describe their mothering as poor, often accompanied by use of the hashtag … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health
Tagged Antenatal depression, Bipolar, Childbirth, Clinical depression, Depression, Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale, Health Visitor, Hypomania, Major depression, Mental illness, Mentall illness and motherhood, Motherhood, Postnatal depression, Postpartum depression, Twitter
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Ten things not to say to a depressed person
Depression is a very common illness. The World Health Organization estimates that between 5 and 10% of us are, at any given time, suffering from depression which meets the clinical criteria for a mental illness. Over a person’s life-time, their … Continue reading
Posted in Mental health
Tagged Bipolar, Depression, Mental health, Mental health stigma, Postnatal depression, Suicide
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