Alexandra Rosas, Author at POSTPARTUM PROGRESS

When Postpartum Depression Looks Like Lazy

My husband and I were both 35 years old, barely married one year, when our first son was born. Mark and I were much alike, having spent our lives beginning at age 14 working part time and then full time. When we met, I not only held a full time position as a medical...

When December Doesn’t Make You Merry

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This time of year is one of the most difficult for anyone living with depression, anxiety, or other mood disorders. Expectations, along with reminders for what makes a wonderful holiday season surround us around the clock. Have you baked your cookies? Did you mail out...

The Necessity of Boundaries

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There is something that I have to do with someone in my life, and it makes me anxious. As much as I know that what I have to do is necessary, I am nervous. But I know that for us to continue to have a relationship, our interaction must change. When I am around this...

Exercise and Recovery in Postpartum Depression

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I remember my postpartum depression and anxiety. I was so overwhelmed fighting for survival day by day, that energy for anything other than that was non existent. On the rare days that I wasn’t flattened with fatigue, my anxiety left me too scattered to focus....

When Postpartum Depression Makes You a Stranger to Yourself

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Seeing someone struggling through postpartum depression and anxiety cracks my heart wide open. I don’t care if I’m a stranger to them or not, I want to take their hands into mine and tell them to trust me. I want them to believe me when I tell them I have...