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Why Maternal Mental Health Struggles Feel Like Personal Moral Failures

My postpartum depression lasted two years and I spent that time pretending to be happy because new mothers aren't supposed to be miserable about their miracle.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The cultural sanctification of motherhood makes authentic emotional struggles feel like character defects rather than treatable conditions.

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