#94 | The Terror of Intrusive Thoughts: Lisa's Postpartum Anxiety
Down to Birth
English - April 21, 2021 09:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 418 ratingsParenting Kids & Family Health & Fitness pregnancy childbirth hypnobirthing pregnant postpartum breastfeeding maternity motherhood birth newborn Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Lisa shared out loud for the first time the full extent of the intrusive thoughts that have been haunting and terrifying her postpartum. When women suffer from a perinatal mood or anxiety disorder such as postpartum anxiety, depression or psychosis they can suffer from intrusive thoughts such as: fear of drowning the baby in the bath, imagining yourself or someone else dropping the baby, falling down the stairs with the baby, or even imagining yourself or someone else harming the baby with a knife.
Lisa volunteered to speak with us about her struggle, in hopes of bringing awareness and help to anyone who may be struggling with intrusive thoughts postpartum. An important takeaway from this episode is to recognize that if a mother expresses a fear of being alone with her baby or expresses thoughts of harming herself or the baby, imagine those words on a billboard as a cry for help.
Professional support is required and is readily available by trained specialists. If you don’t know where to begin, you can contact Postpartum Support International at 1-800-944-4773.
Postpartum support groups are offered every week on Tuesday mornings @downtobirthshow.
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