I think my sister night have PND.
There's 6 other family members that think so too, including her partner.
He has gently tried to talk to her about it and she snapped.
The same would happen of any of us tried talking to her about it Aswel.
So how do we try and help her? The way she's been acting is not her, and the only thing any of us can put it down to is PND. She has many of the general symptoms and yes, she may not have it but we are all worried that she does.
If she does, she's the type of person to hide it and pretend its not happening. I'm really worried about her :(
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Does she get any time to herself? As in will she let someone look after bub so she can have a break?
Im the same sort of person, push my stuff to the side and try to pretend its not happening. Drink too much to make myself feel better, focus on others problems etc. Sometimes something as simple as goin for a walk or shopping on my own gives me that little bit of me time to focus on what's going on inside, get my thoughts together and then Im able to talk about how Im feeling.
Not sure if your sis is like that but a friend of mine came over one day said she was looking after the kids and kicked me out of my own house, i was pretty cranky when i walked out but went for a walk and thanked her so much when i got back. Little things help. Sometimes feeling like your 'nothing but mum' (as stupid and selfish as it might sound) is a daunting realisation. Make her do something that she enjoys without being mum for even half hour. ??