Blog 12 Mental illness

I have a really good girlfriend that suffers from mental illness. She is very derpessive and also suffers from panic attacks. She has been on medication for many years but it got worse once she had her first child. She went through severe post partum where she wouldn't even want to get up off of the couch. Thankfully her mom was able to be there for her a lot because she went through a short period of not wanting to be near her little one. I have a daughter and I thankfully never went through that but it must be pretty severe for you to not want to be around your child. She has since then stayed on her medication and also had a second child but did not suffer from post partum like she did with her first. She did have a brief depression period but nothing like the first child where she did not want to be near her child. Having children is most certainly overwhelming at times but also wonderful and after taking classes such as this one and a few other courses I have learned so much about our bodies and women in general and I guess it is more common to get the "babie blues" but for most women it goes away. I know that the first week after I had my little girl I cried almost at anything and everything and I was thinking what on earth is wrong with me. I was glad that period did not last long because I am not normally someone who cries all of the time. Children definitely change things for us all around but the are the joys of our lives! :)