You’ve delivered a baby and your world feels like it’s shifted upsidedown. All this joy of a new member to your family has quickly vanished and frankly, you feel the opposite. You have a new life on your hands that’s relying on you, but your emotions don’t match your expectations.

Feelings of anger, anxiety, hopelessness, and immense sorrow overcome you. These sudden changes of emotion cause fears of safety for not only yourself- but your child as well. You feel alienated and more alone than ever.

A serious mental health problem characterized by a lengthy period of emotional disturbance, postpartum depression comes at a time when serenity is needed most.