by Katherine Stone |
I’ve been depressed on and off for a good portion of my life. Talking to my doctor, I’d say it started right around the time I was 15 years old. Things weren’t going well at home, puberty was raging full-force, and I didn’t really have anyone I could talk to; I felt... by Katherine Stone |
Last night I was itching for a fight. My husband wasn’t doing a SINGLE thing the way I wanted him to. In fact, I felt he wasn’t doing what I wanted him to do on purpose. So I got mad. Scary mad. I felt like he never did anything I wanted him to do, and... by Katherine Stone |
I am currently in month two of my most recent encounter with antidepressants. I’ve gone on and off the pills three different times since 2008, each time hoping that I’d be able to live without medication. After my latest depressive episode a few months ago, I finally... by Katherine Stone |
Just a quick shout-out to Robin, who sent me her photo for the Surviving & Thriving Mothers Photo Album. Thanks Robin! I was so happy to hear from you! If anyone else out there wants to send in their photo, please email me a jpeg at stonecallis@msn.com. You'd... by Katherine Stone |
Here are 20 things I don’t ever want to hear or read again about postpartum depression, and every other perinatal mood or anxiety disorder. (I have heard every single one of these, whether directed at me personally or in emails and comments from Postpartum...