https://mommy-diary.com/ppd/ Motherhood, Identity & Healing—Creative Modern Motherhood Sat, 11 Apr 2026 00:47:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://mommy-diary.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/cropped-Mommy-diary-submark-white-pink-32x32.png https://mommy-diary.com/ppd/ 32 32 111288181 https://mommy-diary.com/healing-from-depression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healing-from-depression https://mommy-diary.com/healing-from-depression/#comments Fri, 08 Jun 2018 22:42:28 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/?p=12944 First Kate Spade, then today Anthony Bourdain- two inspirational and influential lives lost to suicide. I’m a huge advocate of depression awareness but when news like this hits, I go into silence. This is how depression works, once you experience it you carry the scar for the rest of your life. You also know that...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/healing-from-depression/feed/ 2 12944 https://mommy-diary.com/how-i-went-from-postpartum-depression-embracing-motherhood/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-i-went-from-postpartum-depression-embracing-motherhood https://mommy-diary.com/how-i-went-from-postpartum-depression-embracing-motherhood/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:52:42 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/?p=12541 Ten years ago I found myself in tears, wondering why motherhood didn’t come naturally for me like it did for others. I thought I had made a mistake. Why was motherhood so hard for me when for others, it seemed so graceful and easy? (yeah right. all lies) The thing with motherhood is that you...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/how-i-went-from-postpartum-depression-embracing-motherhood/feed/ 4 12541 https://mommy-diary.com/do-i-have-postpartum-depression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=do-i-have-postpartum-depression https://mommy-diary.com/do-i-have-postpartum-depression/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:54:11 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/?p=8295 Disclaimer: I’m not a medical doctor or licensed professional. What follows is based on personal research and experience only.  I suffered from postpartum depression after the birth of my second child. She is ten years old now. When people ask me how long my postpartum depression lasted for, it’s hard to answer. There was no start...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/do-i-have-postpartum-depression/feed/ 10 8295 https://mommy-diary.com/celebrating-postpartum-depression-anniversary/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=celebrating-postpartum-depression-anniversary https://mommy-diary.com/celebrating-postpartum-depression-anniversary/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2016 21:05:48 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/?p=6590 I’ve been thinking a lot about postpartum depression lately. I don’t know if it’s because my son is now two months old, which is right around the time I began to weaken under the grip of postpartum depression after the birth of my previous child. Or maybe it’s because I’m just realizing all the joys and...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/celebrating-postpartum-depression-anniversary/feed/ 25 6590 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-4/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-postpartum-depression-story-part-4 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-4/#comments Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:18:16 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-4/ This is part 4 of the series. If you reached this page first, start from beginning. April 2, 2007 Week 12: After zoloft How fast time flies by. I’ve been feeling a lot better. I guess medication is definitely working. I don’t know why I was so adamant about not taking medication because I haven’t...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-4/feed/ 1 100 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-postpartum-depression-story-part-3 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-3/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:16:59 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-3/ March 9, 2007 around 5 am Week 8 I think I may need professional help. I’ve been feeling depressed, hopeless then immensely guilty for feeling this way. I haven’t slept for more than 3-4 hours in 2 months. I’m so tired. I feel like there is a gray cloud over my head that follows me everywhere. That...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-3/feed/ 0 98 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-postpartum-depression-story-part-2 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-2/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:16:23 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-2/   January 21, 2007 @9:46 pm Day 9 My back hurts a lot and I feel frustrated. I feel ugly, fat and crappy. I don’t fit into any clothes I own and don’t want to continue wearing maternity clothes. I want to get out, get my hair done, go shopping, get some nice clothes and just...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-2/feed/ 0 2337 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-postpartum-depression-story-part-1 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-1/#respond Fri, 26 Jun 2015 23:14:56 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-1/ What follows below is select journal entries from my private diary in 2007- unedited and unfiltered writings that documents what how I was feeling while I was suffering from postpartum depression. Very few understood what I was going through, not even my husband, parents, friends…not even myself. With a sincere, grateful and loving heart, I open...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-part-1/feed/ 0 96 https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-forword/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-postpartum-depression-story-forword https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-forword/#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2015 04:43:05 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/my-postpartum-depression-story-forword/ For those of you who are new to this blog, it’s difficult to tell that I had once suffered from postpartum depression. My children are now 10 and 8 and motherhood is no longer overwhelming, depressing and lonely. Yes there are still moments when parenting feels difficult, but none that I can’t handle with the...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/my-postpartum-depression-story-forword/feed/ 6 94 https://mommy-diary.com/how-to-accept-and-move-beyond-postpartum-depression/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-accept-and-move-beyond-postpartum-depression https://mommy-diary.com/how-to-accept-and-move-beyond-postpartum-depression/#respond Wed, 28 May 2014 08:43:28 +0000 https://mommy-diary.com/lifestyle/2014527postpartum-depression/ I wish someone told me this before. It’s natural for new mothers to feel sad once in awhile. I didn’t know much about postpartum depression even after I had a baby. I think they handed me a brochure listing its common symptoms at the hospital but I threw it away thinking it’s not something I ever have to read. I...]]> https://mommy-diary.com/how-to-accept-and-move-beyond-postpartum-depression/feed/ 0 2360