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I Spoke Out About Mental Illness Stigma. Why Was It So Hard to Admit I Needed Help Myself?

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I’m a physician who regularly talks about the need to treat mental health with the same compassion and urgency as physical health. So why couldn’t I just say that postpartum depression is normal and that I was getting treatment?

After struggling with infertility for years, my husband and I finally conceived. The moment I gave birth to my son, Eli, was the happiest in my life. He changed my world. My identity had always been shaped by my career—I thought of myself first as a physician and a public health official—but suddenly I thought of myself first, second, and third as a mother.

 

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