tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post6557792392892175969..comments2023-04-01T20:04:02.665-07:00Comments on honestly: postpartumskylanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07588940455383678405noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-52415355721700854402009-11-30T07:36:11.737-08:002009-11-30T07:36:11.737-08:00I am so glad you are feeling good now. It is hard ...I am so glad you are feeling good now. It is hard to explain depression to those that have never experienced it without feeling like you are a terrible person for how you thought or felt. I am glad you had the courage to express it and that you are feeling better.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00348485214657383598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-2213827771702327682009-11-28T10:29:53.504-08:002009-11-28T10:29:53.504-08:00first of all, i am stoked to see you are writing a...first of all, i am stoked to see you are writing again. :)<br /><br /><br />wow. this is awesome and amazing to hear you speak about your experience with ppd. im curious how you came to this place you find yourself in now. did you do counseling? medication? as someone who has taken many mental health classes i am wondering what kind of therapy worked best for you.<br />i am so very happy for you and see a big change just in how you write. im sure that means there are huge changes in your actual life, and that is truly wonderful.<br />xoxoJessicaTodayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003706473725463768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-68985846507746731542009-11-26T10:26:26.561-08:002009-11-26T10:26:26.561-08:00I am so thankful to start Thanksgiving day reading...I am so thankful to start Thanksgiving day reading this! I love how you're perspective on all of this is. It can be so scary to be in the midst of it and not know anything...how to change it (or that you'd even want to at the time), how to be kind or loving, how to think of others, especially how it's affecting your spouse and kids..I never really had ppd after Jaden or Brady, I struggled more after all three of my miscarriages. I think maybe something about being pregnant, hormones all crazy, going to the hospital and back home again... but with no baby..and that was just too much for my little heart. After Sams birth, I felt alone, in that the world felt so big, I so small and it all was on my shoulders..I felt like I had no help adjusting to three babies (which I was over confident thinking would be a simple transition...) I love being a mama, and I always wanted to be a mama...so this depression stuff just seemed wrong...so I blamed it all on Rex and that he didn't love me or help me..it was so sad, and I was so mean.. I am SO grateful for your transparency and sharing this...I'm so glad we're all on the other side of this now...and now we all know better and can build up, encourage and equip other mothers from our knowledge and experience! I'm proud of you for sharing all of this...LOVE YOU!!A thankful hearthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17836819468249493155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-38983880812672224902009-11-25T21:41:57.455-08:002009-11-25T21:41:57.455-08:00This may be overly simplistic, but do any of you m...This may be overly simplistic, but do any of you mamas who have been through this think it has anything to do with going from 1 to 2 kids?? At least everyone I know it has been after the second, and I can feel these things happening in me. Feeling like I regret so much of how I treat my kids, especially my oldest. Like I'm on the verge of completely losing it on them...more often than I'd like to admit. I feel like I want to laugh hysterically, cry uncontrollably and scream to the top of my lungs all at the same time.<br /><br />I know this is partly hormonal, but is it fair to say that the switch from just keeping one child alive and happy to doing it for two is just a enough to send some women over the edge??<br /><br />Skylana, I'm glad you're getting back to you. I missed you, as I'm sure you missed yourself. No matter what you think it's about or what it's from...the fact is we women need support. We can't do this alone.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06837527913428722767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-77528531838273053402009-11-25T13:36:30.525-08:002009-11-25T13:36:30.525-08:00I'm so happy you're back. That you've ...I'm so happy you're back. That you've found yourself, and that it's a better, healthier self. I have a lot of fear around ppd and I don't know what I can do to counter it or keep it from coming. Little things, like my meltdown, make me fear that I won't be able to stop it from coming.<br /><br />looking back, can you or Erin, say what may have made a difference? Or what in the end DID make a difference?meghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07237269256782422540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-15112072783067695702009-11-25T12:29:04.632-08:002009-11-25T12:29:04.632-08:00Man, I am SO proud of you.
And I love yo so much....Man, I am SO proud of you. <br />And I love yo so much.<br />That's all:)Flo Parishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14075757996020981066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-35661794240615408752009-11-25T09:23:33.612-08:002009-11-25T09:23:33.612-08:00Skylana - This is a beautiful post, and such a goo...Skylana - This is a beautiful post, and such a good picture of what PPD feels like. <br /><br />I am so sorry no one told you it was PPD. I am sorry I didn't mention it. I had PPD very badly after my second. For some reason I thought you knew it was PPD...and I didn't want to be some stranger who gave you advice. I, myself, would be hesitant to listen to a stranger's perspective on me just from reading my blog.<br /><br />The clarity of this post speaks volumes that you have moved beyond the depression. You are amazing. Well done, and thank you for sharing it for the benefit of other mamas.Marianne Elixirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394688588187240026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8871684353217068827.post-84990349175935206112009-11-24T22:28:12.902-08:002009-11-24T22:28:12.902-08:00I'm crying right now.
My heart breaks when ...I'm crying right now. <br /><br />My heart breaks when I think about what Claire had to go through this past year. I hope hope hope that she doesn't remember any of it. But like you said, Ara adores you now, she wants to be with you and tell you that she loves you. These are the times they'll remember.<br /><br />It kind of sucks that we were going through this at the EXACT same time. So neither of us could tell each other what was happening. And our depressions were different... but I know we were both in so deep. <br /><br />I was just reading my journal last night. All of the entries starting from a few weeks after Faye was born are insane. It just wasn't me. It was so dark and lonely and I was soooo scared. It's so weird that we became these different people. <br /><br />But we went through it and we made it. And now we can use it to help other women. One day we'll need that knowledge. <br /><br />I'm so glad you're doing so good. I see it in you. You've changed so much and it's good. <br /><br />Love you.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10289687660575470146noreply@blogger.com