Not everything postpartum is “just baby blues”

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Not everything postpartum is like just the baby blues. A lot of moms get told that all the emotional ups and downs and like the hard times, you're just hormonal, it's just the baby blues, it'll pass. And like, sometimes that's true, but sometimes it's not. And the anxiety just won't turn off. The rage continues to ramp up, the numbness that you didn't expect. And when we start to minimize all of these mental health symptoms that moms experience, then we start to question ourselves when we experience them. We start to downplay like, well, maybe I'm just overreacting or maybe this is normal. If motherhood is feeling like more than you expected, it's worth paying attention to because basically it's your nervous system saying you need more support. And that does not mean failure. That means you're a normal human in a very difficult time. So if you need more support, I have a lot of resources at the link in my bio. And as always, follow along for more honest conversations about motherhood and mental health.