Even though it has been getting more media coverage, Post-partum depression is a mental illness that rarely gets addressed. Post-partum depression occurs in women after childbirth while adjusting to life with a child. Common symptoms are similar to that of regular depression, but some more exclusive symptoms include: excessive worrying, oversleeping or never sleeping despite when baby is sleeping, withdrawing from family and friends, self-doubt in parenting skills, thoughts of harming self or baby. Source.
Why do other moms make it look so easy
Are they trying to insult my ability to raise my child
Or is it an effort to make me see that I’m overthinking
In any case, it’s infuriating
I hear my baby crying but I can’t make myself move like they do
So I stand staring out the window at the good moms
Chasing after their toddles with their babies in tow
What fabulous women they must be
Fabulous is a word that will never describe me
My husband is walking across the room from his office
Probably asking me if I forgot the monitor again
I didn’t forget
I just ignored it
Hatred for who I am bubbles beneath the surface
But do I hate myself for failing or my child for not being perfect
Sometimes I can’t differentiate between the two
And if you point it out to me
I’ll hate you too
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