Overcoming Postpartum Depression
Kate opens up about her experience with postpartum depression and how she sought help to overcome it. She discusses the intrusive thoughts she had and the compulsion to research unsettling topics. Through therapy and medication, Kate was able to recognize her anxiety and take steps towards feeling better.In this clip
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Episode 95: Old Moms, New Tricks with Alison Rosen
Related Questions
I am going to a psychologist because I feel emotionless most of the time, experience manic episodes with hyperactivity and bursts of creativity, and have very down periods. When I feel 'normal,' I tend to overthink everything, which makes me very tired and socially isolated. These issues may have underlying causes such as trauma, but the fact that my neural circuits keep wiring this way concerns me. I want to know if there are other treatments for constant anxiety besides speaking therapy, as that doesn't seem to help me despite my efforts.
Can you provide some insights on how to address the feelings stemming from my childhood experiences with my father, who tortured and abandoned my mother and me? I often feel that these experiences are the reason I overthink and have deep thoughts.
Did the experiences of my father torturing and abandoning my mother and me during my childhood contribute to my current thought patterns of overthinking and having deep thoughts, as discussed in the episode?