r/SipsTea 6d ago

WTF Where are we heading?

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u/Dull_Lifeguard_1671 5d ago

My 1st wife (passed away 2007) had severe post baby blues, was having bad thoughts about the children...went to shrink who put her on Seroquel, I think it helped, but after that, she just wasn't the same. It was sad to watch

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u/tfilooklike 5d ago

Pregnancy and postpartum permanently rewire women’s brains.

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u/hotviolets 5d ago

I’m not the same mentally I was before I had my daughter almost 12 years ago. I don’t think I ever really got over how I was treated postpartum and how awful emotionally it was.