When motherhood is no joy or postnatal depression

If a child is long awaited - it is a great happiness for many women. But sometimes, after 2 months after the birth of a baby state of peace and happiness have not come to your heart, it looks like you postpartum depression. It is important to understand and address the causes of its origin.

There are external and internal causes of postpartum depression.

External causes are easier to identify and remedy. The external factors include:

• poorly organized life;
• physical illness;
• Chronic lack of sleep of a young mother.

Sometimes, the woman herself came up with a bunch of everyday problems, without which it is safe to do. The desire to do everything to make, mother dooms itself to vymotannost and fatigue without a sense of happiness from his motherhood. And so the women embarrassed or ashamed to admit that they can not cope with all of their affairs.

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The internal reasons are more complicated to detect and eliminate. The biggest reason - the lack of a woman who gave birth to a child, the image of his own mother.

This is when the child's mother did not want the child and gave birth to my grandmother, because she "wanted a grandson."

And so it is difficult to mourn their "free" to the child's life, to accept and to understand all the changes and get the adult internally. And then the time will come, and there is the energy, the desire and peace of mind on what you are in the status of "mother."

There is another internal cause, which is a cause for depression - a feeling of guilt about the "horrible" thought that arises in the mind of mom. Mom just was not ready to what her future child will cause it not only emotion and joy and frustration and anger.

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It is important to learn how to forgive and understand that the unpleasant feelings for the child - this is normal. Write somewhere in his diary 20 lessons that bring you pleasant emotions. Mug of delicious tea with chamomile, bubble bath, a half-hour conversation with a friend, a breakfast, a walk - all this will fill your jar of love and energy.

If you find it difficult to understand what is happening to you - contact a professional psychologist.

Restore your mental health - a task of paramount importance for a young mom. Child depressed mother - this is a very complex and scary topic. It is better to help yourself (and, therefore, your child) to find all the colors of life as soon as possible!

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