Pre and Post-Natal Mental Health Crises to Weaving a Self-Help Rope with Laura Neilson
Mental ill health, whilst being talked about more today, can still feel like a taboo topic with judgement and shame attached to it.
In episode 8, Laura Neilson, shares her mental health crises in both the pre and post-natal periods of her pregnancy with her daughter, Edith. She discusses how this unfolded over her pregnancy, in the immediate post-natal period and beyond and how she found the support she needed to help her to start feeling better.
Listen as Laura and I discuss:
· The pre-natal mental ill health episode including a hospital visit and how this evoked feelings of guilt and failure
· That birthing her way made her feel empowered especially after feeling like she had already failed as a mother and the initially calm post-partum period
· How severe allergies in her baby daughter threw her into another period of trauma leading her into a black hole of depression
· What help she found to pull her out of her black hole of depression and change her thought processes
Laura also shares how anxiety is still a part of her life but that it no longer has the power over her that it used to.
If you have experienced or are experiencing mental ill health I hope that by hearing Laura’s story you know that you are not alone and you are not broken or failing. There is help available and you can get better – see resources below for more information.
Find Laura online:
Instagram: @laura_soulmamacoaching
Facebook: @laura_femmepower
Resources
If you are experiencing symptoms of anxiety and/or depression please know there is help available and you are not alone.
Please reach out to your local healthcare provider, speak to a therapist or counsellor, or contact one of the services listed below.
www.mind.org.uk – advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem.
www.pandasfoundation.org.uk – peer-to-peer support for mother, their families and their network. Free helpline – 0808 1961 776
www.panda.org.au PANDA – Perinatal Anxiety & Depression Australia – supports the mental health of parents and families during pregnancy and in their first year of parenthood. - PANDA National Helpline (Mon to Fri, 9am - 7.30pm AEST/AEDT) 1300 726 306
www.mothersformothers.co.uk – peer support and helpline services. 0117 9359366
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