What would you do if your own life were in danger? I’d thought about things like that, of course I guess that most people have from time to time. Maybe you’ve wondered what you would do if everything and everyone you loved were threatened. Receiving support and encouragement from someone who has experienced the same illness is, in my opinion, essential in the recovery process. Most statistical references state that postpartum psychosis is rare, only occurring in 1 to 2 out of a 1,000 births, but worldwide the illness affects many moms and families. Psychosis is an often misunderstood condition, even among professionals, unless the individual has experienced psychosis too. A person can sympathize but to have an understanding, a similar experience is needed. It is hard for a person to empathize with another if they did not go through a similar experience. Why do you say, “Sometimes I wonder if the only people who actually do understand psychosis are those who have gone through it”? Not everyone can write a book but everyone should share their story because out of our trials we are called to encourage and comfort others. Over the years, this has been a very healing process for me. Finding her was a blessing as I did not have the resources to self-publish.
My literary agent was not a mother, yet she saw the importance of my story.
Then, finally, I prayed to either make it happen or take the desire away. The challenge came in trying to get the book published. The title of the book and the chapter names came to me quickly, but it took 3 years to compile a full-length book. So after her death, I sat down and began my journey of writing. I cannot imagine those years without her. I had my amazing mother in my life for 35 years. The tragedy of untreated mental health complications following birth is that children are growing up without their mothers. Reflecting on my personal experience with postpartum psychosis, I know that suicide is one of the leading causes of death with relation to childbearing. I always loved to write but when I lost my mother in a car accident, her death was devastating.
Jennifer, how did you come to write a book about it? Postpartum psychosis is the rarest of the mental illnesses related to childbearing, but it is also the most serious.
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