If you struggled with post partum depression, what were your feelings? What did you think about? How did it affect you?

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If you don’t mind sharing! Definitely going through something. I am seeing a therapist.

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I don’t really know how to describe my feelings. I just felt very blank I suppose. Whenever I was thinking about or around my daughter, I was happy as could be but when it came to being by myself, I wouldn’t eat or drink, leave the room, talk to anyone. Nothing. I just felt like I wasn’t there at all. People would come in and out of our room (we lived with my bf’s parents for the first 5-6 months) and nobody would acknowledge me 99% of the time. They’d just come in and take my daughter out with them as they pleased.

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I honestly had no idea I had it until I was completely done pumping and my body had time to get back to my normal. I never felt like hurting myself or my baby but I didn’t have that instant connection. Or that love at first sight. I was so scared, I knew I was supposed to love him and I knew that I did but it wasn’t like the rush of love everyone else explains.  As time went on I really struggled with my life as now a mom. I would get so frustrated and upset about how now my life revolves around this baby. I never told anyone because I felt selfish for missing my pre-baby life. I would have done anything for him but I just missed being my old self. Once I stopped pumping and my hormones settled it was amazing how much more at ease with being a mom I was and how my stress and frustration just  went away.  I pumped for 10 months so it was a looonnnng time of being this way in silence.

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I felt very overwhelmed, Everything felt like such a huge effort. Even just going to the shops. When in the shops I thought so many people around and could not escape them. then I’d anxious and want to leave. I’d panic a lot and house work got out of control. I did everything for my son so he was ok but my self I let go. I’d cry daily

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I use to have feelings of hurting myself and my baby, id cry 24/7. Stopped eating,  no sleep, i felt like i was a failure. I knew i loved my kid but at that moment it's like i didn't know them. 
I got medicine for it and never felt that way again. 
Having a baby takes a huge toll on your body, not everyone bounces back. It doesn't mean you're crazy. It's your hormones.

If you struggled with post partum depression, what were your feelings? What did you think about? How did it affect you?

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