The mom at The Worsted Witch writes beautifully about postpartum depression:
"I feel like I’ve crawled out of a very dark and deep hole, clawing the earth with bruised and broken fingers on my laborious ascent. To say that I found motherhood an adjustment would be the grossest of understatements—the ground opened up below me and swallowed me whole as I fell, Alice/Persephone/Innana-like, skirts ballooning, into the worst hell I’ve ever known."
"Please go to the petition website and add your voice in support of women battling postpartum depression. My struggle with it was the worst experience of my life and I've had a lot of bad experiences and nasty depressions. Women dealing with postpartum depression are often bewildered by their thoughts and feelings and are reluctant to tell others that no, they are not feeling that This is the best, most precious and rewarding time of their lives; in fact, they have never felt worse. Let's help pass the legislation to give these mothers the tools and resources to get them back to feeling more like themselves and more at peace with being wonderful, perfectly imperfect, good-enough moms who are doing their best to take care of their families and themselves. The fact that a woman has become a mother does not mean that she is required to stop caring for herself. Actually, the opposite is true: when a mom takes care of herself and her health first, the health and well-being of her family will naturally follow. Believe me, I know, and now so do you. Go sign the petition. Please."
At A Mother Sojourn's blog, she shares the experience of her postpartum depression diagnosis and how it felt when things first started going south.
And the mom at Stumbling Barefoot writes about how it feels to be a military wife with PPD.
Thanks for being Warrior Moms!
What are the top three reasons that causes Postpartum Depression? My daughter is having it bad right now and she keeps saying it's because she can't loose the weight gained from her pregnancy. Thanks
I'd like to share a life help technique that I've become extremely enthusiastic about. It's a process called ho'oponopono (sometimes spelled ho oponopono or hooponopono). What is ho'oponopono? In a nutshell, it's a way to solve problems. Very simple to do. All one has to do is repeat the following phrase: I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you. Say this phrase silently to yourself, say it as often as possible and as close to constantly as you're able. The results of engaging in the ho'oponopono method are twofold: Firstly, one feels an almost immediate sense of calm and peace. The second outcome from using ho'oponopono, when it is used on a regular basis, is that a person's life comes into ideal form — this is not to say that a person will have all of his or her ego desires met, but that his or her life will come into form in a way that is ideal for that particular individual. I can hear eyebrows being raised (virtually, of course) right now. I realize that on its face ho'oponopono sounds unbelievable. Life peace and an individually ideal existence, just by saying a phrase. Come on! Okay. I understand any cynicism that may come up, and I absolutely appreciate the valuable role that cynicism sometimes plays. Honestly, I am not trying to convince anyone about anything. All I suggest — and a suggestion is all that it is — is that people try ho'oponopono for themselves and see how it affects them. I can absolutely say that it has positively affected me. But ultimately people will make up their own mind, as it should be. 'I love you, I'm sorry, please forgive me, thank you.' There you go. Here's a web site that offers info about the ho'oponopono method if anyone is interested: http://www.hooponoponohelp.com . Peace and blessings.