Family & Friends using their voices


We thought how healing it would be to hear stories from your perspective of being with a family or family member going through Postpartum Depression. What has or is or is not working for you? If you're currently going through a painful time or have a success story to share, please feel welcomed and safe to use your voice - we can arrange that your story be shared, anonymously.  The act of writing is a cathartic experience...

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Here is an email from Elisheva Rubin, a Grandmom, pleading for the Illinois Judiciary to use Mothers " as a source of information that is readily available, underutilized and generally at no cost."  She urges that the Illinois Judiciary be more open to listening to the Mothers in their courts, and especially those of adult children, of daughters with a history of mental illness, postpartum depression, refusal to take medication needed for mental stability; and/or other historic and well known clinical indicators. You can help with Elisheva's cause by writing to the same judges she contacted.  Here's to progress.  Thank you SO much for sharing with us Elisheva.

An interview between The Smiling Mask Team and Terra Brockett in memory of her friend, Jen, who chose to end her life while silently and painfully suffering from Postpartum Psychosis.  Here is in memory of Jen...