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Anger Management

Anger Management

I’ve started feeling a lot of anger lately. My therapist told me that anger is a secondary emotion, that it is our response to another underlying feeling, and she’s right. I am heartbroken and I’m tired of crying so instead I’ve started to get more and more angry. I’m angry at the world for making me sad. I’m angry at pregnant people and new mothers and babies that aren’t mine. I just want to scream at the universe for what…

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Out of control

Out of control

My daughter died a little over a month ago and most of the time all I’m thinking about is my body. Yup, I said it and it makes me feel selfish and horrible. I may hear a song on the radio and get weepy-eyed in the middle of the day, or I’ll see a new baby and want to run away and hide, but for the rest of the day I’m thinking about my body. I want it back. I…

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