POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND POSTPARTUM ANXIETY
Stressed Mother Holding Crying Baby Suffering From Post Natal Depression At Home

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION AND POSTPARTUM ANXIETY

How new parents can differentiate between PPA, PPD + normal life w/ a newborn

The differences between the two may not be big. For instance, people with PPA can experience scary thoughts, obsessive issues, and irritability, whereas PPD is accompanied by hopelessness and fear. Also, PPA causes extreme worrying levels but PPD overwhelms an individual with sorrow and an urge for self-harm or harming their young one. In both cases, the symptoms last longer and may not disappear without a solution.

 Whether you can have both PPA and PPD

Women with PPD may also have PPA and it occurs three months post delivery. Though others may experience it a few days after. In short, it may happen any time.

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Ieva Kubiliute is a psychologist and a sex and relationships advisor and a freelance writer. She's also a consultant to several health and wellness brands. While Ieva specialises in covering wellness topics ranging from fitness and nutrition, to mental wellbeing, sex and relationships and health conditions, she has written across a diverse range of lifestyle topics, including beauty and travel. Career highlights so far include: luxury spa-hopping in Spain and joining an £18k-a-year London gym. Someone’s got to do it! When she’s not typing away at her desk—or interviewing experts and case studies, Ieva winds down with yoga, a good movie and great skincare (affordable of course, there’s little she doesn’t know about budget beauty). Things that bring her endless joy: digital detoxes, oat milk lattes and long country walks (and sometimes jogs).

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