Do you find yourself asking this question? I remember being so paranoid shortly after my second was born about having postpartum depression. Knowing what the symptoms were I felt I was always on the lookout.
5 Interesting Mental Health Facts about Colorado
WIth the current state of the world, our lives have made a dramatic shift from our everyday routines. There is a lot of uncertainty and there are no definite answers when life will return to normalcy.
With this in mind, it is key to take care of your mental well being. I remember reading an article a couple years ago reporting that Colorado was one of the worst states for lacking access to mental health services for adolescents in the United States. That fact really shocked me and is cause for concern especially since suicide rates are the increase and Colorado is 6th in the nation. Colorado has a lot of rural areas that lack access to care and stigma is still high about reaching out for mental health problems.
How to maximize your emotional well being when modern life hits pause
The past 2 weeks have felt like a whirlwind and it seems like rules and precautions are changing by the hour. I think everyone is feeling uneasiness and worry and that is okay. What we are all experiencing is historic and is shifting our sense of normalcy and routine. There are a lot of unknowns and when we have unknowns this can lead to fear and we tend to fill in the unknowns with worst case scenarios.
What No One Tells You About Postpartum Depression
With maternal mental health more and more in the media and gaining recognition as an issue needing to be addressed. There is still a lack of screening at pediatricians and OB-GYN offices and options for moms can be limited in regards to treatment if they are struggling with mental health issues, specific to the prenatal to postpartum period.
Stigma is still present and moms are hesitant to start therapy due to barriers to access of services or for a multitude of other reasons; transportation, finances, or they don’t think it is that bad.
