Too many people don't understand the language of lost weight, the language of hollow eyes and insomnia, the language of red marks on pale skin
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So much this. I have depression and anxiety, but I didn't deal with it for a long time. So while I don't think I had postpartum depression, I did have postpartum oh-shit-now-I-have-to-actually-do-something-about-this. And yeah, that first year or two of being a parent is so disorienting in every possible way.
Wow...you wrote this well..*hugs* for what you went through..but happy to know you survived...and things are good at your end now. loved a lot of lines in this piece and it's difficult to choose but i'll take this home- "Sometimes it takes someone who can see what it is you don't even know that you're not saying." :) Good Job!
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But if anyone had asked me that question a few months later,I would have had a different answer.
I understand this completely. It was the reason I went so long not realizing I was bipolar.
I am glad you made it out of this, and congratulations for all the work you had to do to get through.
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Yeah, well, I don't even know me anymore.
So much this. I have depression and anxiety, but I didn't deal with it for a long time. So while I don't think I had postpartum depression, I did have postpartum oh-shit-now-I-have-to-actually-do-something-about-this. And yeah, that first year or two of being a parent is so disorienting in every possible way.
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loved a lot of lines in this piece and it's difficult to choose but i'll take this home- "Sometimes it takes someone who can see what it is you don't even know that you're not saying." :) Good Job!
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