What does PPA feel like?

Yes, I get that too. Sometimes I just feel so low and emotional. Like I know nothing is off or nothing happened to make me feel that way I just do. I’ve actually started arts, I got a paint by numbers and a coloring book to help me stay calm and distracted also started the gym

It manifests differently for everyone, but I would definitely recommend therapy!

For me it feels like the simplest things overwhelm and stress me out that normally wouldn’t. Just one time may be an off day but if it happens regularly I’d definitely talk to your doctor or therapist

I feel like that’s about the time I started to get that way too. I would find myself holding my breath and having to purposefully take deep breaths. I just started therapy and am hoping to just unpack stuff from throughout life and childbirth. My son had to be in the nicu so I personally have a lot of anxiety leaving him but I do think I have some other triggers and maybe some unknown. Anyways I think it’s possible you have it and therapy might be helpful.

I experienced PPA in the weeks after I brought my daughter home from the hospital. It would happen mostly at night and I would feel a wave of sadness and fear wash over me as soon as the sun would set. I would worry if my daughter was safe, if she would sleep through the night, if I was going to get any sleep. I would also feel a lot of grief associated with feeling alone. I didn’t have a big village around me postpartum. It was a really horrible feeling that would manifest in nonstop tears. Once I spoke to to some family (and a therapist) about it, I started to feel better. Don’t hold your feelings in. Talk about it with someone you trust.