Is it PPD or PTSD? (www.parentingwithptsd.wordpress.com)

Christine Cissy White 5/29/171:43 PM

Essay written by Joyelle Brandt.

I stood in front of a room of strangers with kind eyes, and announced:

“I have been struggling with postpartum depression.”

Somehow it was easier to admit this to strangers than to my husband and friends, yet there it was. Since early in my pregnancy with my second child, I had struggled with my mental health. But it would take me years to realize that what I had was not postpartum depression, but a particularly acute flair up of the undiagnosed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) I had lived with most of my life.

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Rick Herranz Sr.Member

Hey sissy

Great resource for US parents who are pulling together because we have a "COMMON PROBLEM" but we also have a "Common Solution" now.....I am so thankful to be a part of this wonderful group. Much to learn...but boy am I feeling so Empowered from all of you. Thanks...thanks...thanks...

Rick

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