Moving PND article in todays Observer

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Did any of you read this in today's Observer magazine?

It had me in tears.

Written by a fellow mumsnetter if I'm not very much mistaken- if you scroll through the lost strawberry thread here , skie mentions being an Observer journalist and having written a PND article. If only we had a proud smiley emoticon!

Wow...that was quite harrowing But such a good article.

Oh yes. What a fanastic week for Skie - a brilliant article and a strawberry reunion! )(

(do you like my grinning from ear to ear similey - does that do "proud" well enough?)

God, sorry, I just read it all the way through, and my post sounded hideously flippant, sorry. It is a fantastic article, but so very sad.

brilliant article - makes you really think

An incredibly moving article. Having btdt, I think it caught the essence of pnd. My good news is that it didn't recur with subsequent pg's.

agree, a very sobering read.

Just sat here crying as well, it brought back some awful memories.

Skie - I specifically bought the Observer because I read on the other thread about your article. (Im also a journo - though broadcast rather than print.)
I found it very upsetting to read but only because it was so well written and brought back all the terror and horror.
Although I think I recovered from the PND Im still caught up in it because I became addicted to seroxat and now in a long drawn out process to get off it.
It was very worrying to read about the mums who just didnt recover but I suppose we just have to try and not dwell on those terrible tragedies.
Anyway Im sure it will have encouraged some women who are suffering in silence to seek some help.
Kizziex

My goodness. What a brilliantly written article. Moving and disturbing!
It definitely brought back memories for me. And something that really gave me an eerie feeling is the fact that the woman made up terrible financial scenarios and eventually would refuse to go to a cash point.... since ds was born I won't use one either. I hadn't thought of it before now. Hmmm.

1 in 5 is a scary statistic. I am definitely going to print this off for DH to read. And hopefully if it happens again with this baby DH and I will be more prepared.

Well done Skie.

thanks - glad you liked it! nice to get feedback (which freelancers never usually do)

A brilliant article - totally captures what pnd is about. It makes me realise how lucky I have been to get treatment and help the last times - and that I need to do so again.

Well Done! Horrifying, but lots of brilliant information.
A big than you to all our MN journalists who are getting these things aired...it has been of great personal help to me.

Very informative and good article. Very upsetting too

I thought it was a really frightening article. Although well written, it has really upset my sister who is planning a baby this year. My mother suffered with pnd and my sister is now terrified it might happen to her.

I think it would have been less scary if Skie had dwelt on the fact the most pnd doesnt get that bad...my sister is now really scared that she is going to become suicidal after her baby is born!

Enid - I think the point of the article was to deal with the harsh reality of PND. And although (thankfully!) most women do not commit suicide, many feel like they want to or feel that it is the only way out. I know I did.
And the information about help/support for partners too is wonderful.

I know, I can see and understand that it does get that bad. It was a good article but it really upset her, poor lamb.

I agree with KS. I suffered from PND after having my DD and less after DS because I knew more what to expect. I think it is so important to inform people what PND is and how many women it affects. I also think men get a form PND and hardly anything is written about it.

Very good article Skie, I got more disturbed by it with every paragraph and by the end I couldnt read anymore as I was crying. It is a horrible horrible condition which I am still being treated for , but hopefully through the worst. It seems not surprising that the statitics are higher than recorded, as I always wondered how many women dont tell anyone. How terrible is that for a women who could so easily be treated.

Good article, I knew I'd be vulnerable as did dh and thanks to him I've made it through so far, although there have been VERY low points (not least because I hadn't found Mumsnet)

Off to find out about Strawberry now..

Oh Susan, really sorry to hear you're going through it again, I know there's nothing I can say to make 'it' go away but I hope you get the help you need and come through it well.

Thinking of you, xx