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Why New Mums Will Always Break My Heart

On the whole I believe experiencing PND has left me a more compassionate, kinder person but, unfortunately, one negative personality trait has been greatly increased: jealousy. It’s been almost three years since I had my…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Peer Support 57 Comments March 16, 2016 by

From Me To Me

Statistically, if you have experienced PND previously you have a 50/50 chance of experiencing it again during a future pregnancy and/or postnatal period. I’m not pregnant but I hope to be one day and I…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Recovery 44 Comments March 2, 2016 by

Meeting the #pndfamily

Regular readers will know that perinatal mental health features regularly in this blog, following my own experience of PND and anxiety in 2013 (and brief anxiety relapse last year). You have also probably heard me…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Motherhood, Peer Support, Recovery 9 Comments January 26, 2016 by

10 Things I’ve Gained from Postnatal Depression

PND is such a frightening and terrible experience, one than I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy and one that I desperately don’t want to repeat. To indicate that there are positives to such an…

Posted in Anxiety, Depression, Recovery 28 Comments January 8, 2016April 19, 2018 by Laura

Five Tips For Managing Anxiety & Depression During The Holiday Period

One of the worst things about Postnatal Depression is that it’s a period of depression during a time when society expects you to be at your happiest. Similarly, dealing with any depression or mental health…

Posted in Anxiety 41 Comments December 8, 2015August 30, 2018 by Laura

Book Review: Mothering Through The Darkness

*Trigger warning: this review contains reference to suicidal thoughts.* What strikes me most when reading the heart-wrenching anthology Mothering Through the Darkness is how indiscriminate Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders really are. They can, and…

Posted in Butterfly Book Club, Reviews 28 Comments December 4, 2015 by

Then & Now

When you’re in the grips of a Perinatal Mental Illness nothing exists except that terrible moment; that fear and that sadness. But a brighter future does exist…and recovery is possible. Then, I was terrified of…

Posted in Recovery 35 Comments November 23, 2015May 3, 2018 by Laura

The Big Decision

During the summer, at the time when anxiety had reared it’s ugly head again, I found myself crying in the kids section of Next. I was early for work and had gone in to spend…

Posted in Motherhood, Recovery 50 Comments November 19, 2015 by

The Importance of Thankfulness

I’ve talked before about Three Things. This was an idea I first heard about from Lauren at My Postpartum Voice when she was helping me through a very bad patch at the beginning of my…

Posted in Recovery 35 Comments November 12, 2015November 4, 2016 by Laura

How Writing Healed Me After PND

This blog is six months old today. I began writing with the objective of helping others, which is still the main purpose, but I had no idea back then how much I would need this…

Posted in About me, Blogging, Recovery 37 Comments October 8, 2015May 11, 2018 by Laura

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I'm a PND & Anxiety survivor and self-confessed "good enough" mum to a hilarious but challenging 5-year-old, with a second baby due in May 2019 (eeek!). I share lots of Anxiety Management techniques as well as tips & self-care ideas for keeping mentally and emotionally well as a parent.

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