Exercise , Creativity, Music, Humor, Helping others, friendship, beautiful scenery, a lovely garden, watching the sun come up in the morning and setting in the evening, taking time to smell the roses, meditation,
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Ever experienced someone who has suffered a psychotic break? I have. None of your ‘cures’ above would do squat.
Written by a man who has never been pregnant. Having suffered PP Depression I can assure him that it was not a spiritual crisis that brought it upon me. It was a planned pregnancy and no one was more excited about having a baby than I was.
I can recall no time before my son's birth when I was depressed about his impending arrival. But a C- Section with a good deal of blood loss (similar to Brooks) has me convinced that this event precipitated my depression. Once the depression hit (in the hospital) it took months to shake. Thankfully I realized it was a temporary condition and would eventually pass. But I'm sure women who suffer a greater degree of post partum than I did could be frightened by the intensity of the depression.
To say that PP Depression is not in God's plan is naive at best.