An unfiltered look at postpartum mental illness
Sometimes people ask me why I don’t share more of my daily life/funny posts on my blog like I do my personal Facebook page. The answer is kind of hard for me to explain. On one hand, I feel like my blog would reach a larger audience if I posted funny things or recorded funny […]
Read MoreBy far, the most common question I’m asked about my OCD is how did I beat it. How did I recover? What methods worked? How long did it take? OCD took me by complete surprise. I never knew that a disorder I had always thought of as a “glorified cleaning disorder” could actually revolve around […]
Read MoreMother’s Intuition.A Sixth Sense.A Gut Feeling. An inexplicable feeling you have when you know something is wrong, very wrong, and you need to keep your children safe from it. The ability to sense danger even when there is no rational reasoning behind it. A gift you expect a “good” mother to have perfected. Something that […]
Read MoreAs I’ve opened up more about my postpartum OCD over the past year, I’ve received a ton of support, both within my own circles and from people who know me only through my writing. I keep sharing because I recognize the need, I understand the struggle, and I’ve lived through the fear. Unfortunately, recently when […]
Read MoreRecently, in an interview I was asked what I was going to tell my kids about my postpartum OCD experience. How would I explain my (now public) struggle to the people who I care about most, the people who my OCD revolved around, my children. What do you say to someone whom you once feared […]
Read MoreA week ago, our country was once again reminded of the evil some people have within them. The shooting in Las Vegas is not only heartbreaking for those involved and their families, it is also a reminder of how unfair life can be and how much we should cherish the time we have with our […]
Read MoreThree years ago this week, my postpartum depression became so out of control that my neighbors intervened and insisted that I get outpatient treatment. I know this, not because I’m good at keeping track of dates, but because that is the same week my neighbor’s husband got diagnosed with a grade 3 Astrocytoma brain tumor. […]
Read MoreShattered.Broken.Lost. That’s how I felt, that’s what I had become. Postpartum depression wasn’t just being sad. The anxiety I developed didn’t revolve around small fears. OCD didn’t present itself in a funny way. It was raw, all of it. The overwhelming sadness I felt took my breath away. At times I thought would never be […]
Read MoreMy OCD.My mental illness.My disorder.My greatest enemy.My constant companion. How could I let go of the thoughts? They were dangerous, out of control.I needed to control them, I needed to continue having them in order to make sure my kids were okay. At first, I kind of had the thoughts knowingly, consciously. I would read […]
Read MoreThree years ago on June 23, I was celebrating the birth of my second son, Easton. He’s been perfection since the start, his eyes sparkle and he is an amazing blend of his daddy and I. We were smitten, over the moon, but once the OCD set in my single greatest fear was this: how […]
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