What is postpartum anxiety
When you feel postpartum anxiety is not the same as postpartum depression, discover the differences.
The anxiety a mother can feel postpartum can be enormous. When you feel postpartum anxiety it is not the same as postpartum depression, but if it is not managed correctly it can be the prelude to suffering it. A woman with postpartum anxiety can feel irritable every day and at night that worries appear in her mind that are difficult to control. You have trouble sleeping.
Not all mothers with postpartum anxiety know they have it. In postpartum depression, mothers experience extreme sadness or even disinterest in their newborn, but the symptoms of postpartum anxiety are mainly manifested in the form of worry and nervousness. In postpartum anxiety it feels like a loss of a sense of normalcy in life, of balance and calm, and postpartum depression feels like a loss of heart.
Index
WHAT IS POSTPARTUM ANXIETY?
As with postpartum depression, postpartum anxiety can make people feel tired all the time and they will feel physical symptoms . There will be changes in diet and sleep, you may experience dizziness, hot flashes, palpitations and nausea can be clear signs.
A woman with postpartum anxiety may also feel unable to stay still or focus on a specific task. For most women, these feelings appear sometime between the birth and the baby’s first birthday, but in some cases, it begins much earlier. Although most women begin to feel nervous shortly after giving birth, a stressful event in their life can also be a trigger, such as weaning or any other change in their lives.
SYMPTOMS OF POSTPARTUM ANXIETY
There are some symptoms that you need to take into account to know if you are really suffering from postpartum anxiety or not. Some of these symptoms are as follows:
-You feel worried all the time
-You have intrusive thoughts in your mind that you don’t know how to control
-You tend to have more negative than positive thoughts throughout the day
-You have a feeling of constant fear
-You sleep badly and you have a hard time falling asleep
-Improper diet
-Physical pain
MORE SHOULD BE SAID
Unfortunately, postpartum depression is the most talked about disorder, so women with postpartum anxiety do not know what is happening to them and may feel bad or even guilty for feeling that way. Many mothers when they feel postpartum anxiety do not know what is happening to them and cannot recognize it, so it is not diagnosed and they continue to suffer.
It’s also worth noting that postpartum depression and anxiety can go hand in hand. For this reason, at the first symptoms you should go to your doctor to guide you on how you can do to feel better and balance your emotional well-being.
ANXIETY IS A NATURAL RESPONSE TO PROTECT THE BABY
In reality, this anxiety is a natural response to protect the baby, often expressed with hypervigilance. That is why new parents ask themselves questions with some anxiety. They worry if the baby drowns, if he is abducted, if he will suffer from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It is necessary to know that these thoughts are normal and thus, they will disappear from the anxious mind of the parents.
On the other hand, if you know that your worries are irrational (for example, you have an intense fear that your baby will hurt if you do not hold him), but you cannot get them out of your mind, that suggests that you will have to ask for help. The same is true if your anxiety makes you fear everyday situations, if panic attacks come out of nowhere, or if it interferes with your ability to function, then your baby’s natural protective anxiety becomes a problem that needs to be addressed.
Dr. Tabriella Perivolaris, Sara's mother and fan of fashion, beauty, motherhood, among others, about the female universe. Since 2018 she has been working as a copywriter, always bringing to her articles a little of her experience and experience as a mother and woman.