Postpartum Anxiety & Intrusive Thoughts: One Mom’s Story
[Trigger warning: If you are currently suffering from intrusive thoughts this story may trigger additional upsetting thoughts and it may be better to skip it. We often talk about the intrusive thoughts of postpartum anxiety and postpartum OCD here on Postpartum...On Tornado Warnings & Anxiety
The wind was howling. The sky looked a murky shade of green. I saw the patio umbrella blow past the back door. I've been here before. It's tornado season in Atlanta. The house in which I live has no basement, and, I realized this week, no interior rooms...
Postpartum OCD: Does Having Scary Thoughts Mean You’ll Act On Them?
I got this email from Amy from Pretty Babies, and I identified so much with what she said that I wanted to share it with you (with her permission, of course). “The entire trajectory of my recovery would have been different if I had known about the intrusive...Breaking the Cycle of Scary Thoughts & Postpartum Anxiety/OCD … A Giveaway!!
When I had postpartum OCD in 2001, I had never heard of the illness with which I was eventually diagnosed. I had never heard of postpartum anxiety. I had never heard of intrusive thoughts. Once I was fortunate enough to find out what was wrong with me, I got pretty...2010 Top Ten Writers on Postpartum Depression & Related Illnesses
It’s time to announce the top 10 writers on postpartum depression and other perinatal mood and anxiety disorders for 2010! First, here’s how I made my final decision. I wanted to make sure the ten chosen where representative of more illnesses than simply...
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.
Meet Katherine
Katherine Stone is the creator of Postpartum Progress. She is a survivor of postpartum anxiety & OCD. Follow her on Twitter at @postpartumprog or on Instagram at @katherine_stone.