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How Do I Know If I Have Postnatal Depression?

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How Do I Know If I Have Postnatal Depression?

May 5, 2022

Kristina Matej

Kristina Matej

May 5, 2022

    • Pregnancy and birth are huge psychological, physical and emotional events
    • Therapist Kristina Matej describes how to spot postnatal depression and what to do about it
    • We have therapists specialising in PND - find them here

Postnatal depression is way too common in today's world, especially in Western society. It ranges from feeling moody and 'not oneself' to, at the other extreme, experiencing a psychotic event.

The underlying causes are:

  • Exhaustion through lack of sleep
  • Hormones adjusting and uterus shrinking while the body recovers
  • Trauma past or from the birth experience

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