Pandemic Pressure Increase Incidence of Postpartum Depression [chcf.org]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/18/212:41 PM

By Heather Tirado Gilligan, California Health Care Foundation, August 9, 2021

Throughout her pregnancy, Altagracia Mejía was nagged by feelings of anxiety and depression. Mejía, who lives in the Panorama City neighborhood of Los Angeles, gave birth to her daughter Alexa in September 2020. Within two months, the new mother’s feelings shifted to thoughts of suicide.

“In my most lucid moments, I ask myself over and over again what is happening to me,” Mejía told Los Angeles Times reporter Selene Rivera. The 26-year-old immigrated to the US from El Salvador four years ago in search of a life without the poverty and violence that marked her home country.

“I am supposed to be happy, resplendent, and full of energy,” Mejía said of her life as a new parent. “But nothing is as they paint it on television or social networks.”

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