“My mom looked at me and said ”Wow. You look horrible. Have you eaten?“ And I realized I hadn’t eaten in almost three days.”

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"If you think you have PPD get help now, you might not need to go to the hospital but you should seek professional help if you feel miserable and you’re questioning if you have it or not." — garden-in-the-girl

"Had a colic baby and can confirm, even without PPD this is a legitimate feeling. My husband and I BOTH had some pretty intense conversations about how triggering our son’s crying was." — bennynthejetsss

"The look on my husband's face said it all. I felt devastated and awful. My baby at that time was a year old. I didn't realize you could get postpartum that long after. But I was also trying to wean baby off breast, and unbeknownst to us pregnant, then shortly after miscarried so my hormones were a hot mess." — RozaHathaway

"For months that hallucination nagged at me and eroded my sense of safety and sanity. I was afraid to talk about her in the house because I didn't want her to hear me. So one night I finally cheerfully asked my husband if we should all go for a walk. I waited until we were on the other side of the neighborhood to finally tell him about her. When we got home he didn't say anything and just checked all the nooks and crannies of the house, then gave me the all-clear. Then I called my midwife and got on Zoloft the next day." — kaatie80

"I can tell you this: once I realized what was going on and got help, I started seeing glimmers of myself again. Now I’m at the point where I have glimmers of PPD/PPA and feel like myself most of the time. It gets better." — hungoverpandabear