Welcome to our support group, Brooke!
Brooke: Hi, I'm Brooke and I have Postpartum Depression
All: Hi, Brooke!
Judi: So Brooke, How bad did it get?
Brooke: "I really didn't want to live anymore," During this time, simply seeing a window was enough to
prompt [me] to think, "'I just want to leap out of my life,' but then the
rational side of me [would say], 'You're only on the fourth floor. You'll get
broken to bits and then you will be even worse.'" (interview taken from webmd here.)
Judi: Wow, that is so sad, I am really sorry you had to go through that.
Brooke: "Chris (my husband) would say, 'Oh, my God, she's crying,' and I would
respond, 'Yeah, baby. She's crying. I wonder what she wants?' It was like this weird alien overtook my body and every
appropriate response was answered with the antithesis of what you would
assume."
Judi: I think we have all felt that disconnect from the world feeling. Yuck, not a fun feeling.
Brooke: "The scars for me are gaining peoples' trust again, and
not feeling the need to bound through my life as 'happy camper lady' to prove
how I can do it all and am really happy and it was just a phase"
Judi: Oh how I hate this. I don't like when people think you about to go "kung fu panda" crazy on them. I know what you mean , Brooke!
Brooke: "There is a really unfortunate and not-so-pretty part
of going through something like this, and nobody wants to admit it, so I
figured let me just blow the lid off this, and hopefully it will be able to
speak to somebody."
Judi: The more people who speak up, the more knowledge there will be, the stronger we will all become!
Thanks Brooke. Welcome to our Support Group.
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