Dear all
I suffered from very severe Post Natal depression after the birth of my sons.
It was the most devastating that has ever happened to me and I don't think I'll ever be able to forget the fear and trauma it caused me and my family.
I felt tormented and terrified.
I don't say these things lightly. I had to have someone with me 24 hours a day and my husband wasn't able to work. I went from being a confident, outgoing, happy person to someone who couldn't bear to be in a room on their own. I couldn't read a newspaper or watch television ... I didn't eat or sleep for months.
BUT I did get better. I'm back at work now. I love my children to bits and when I read the words I've just written I can't believe that ever happened to me.
If you're in that position at the moment I just wanted to say YOU WILL GET BETTER. I never,ever thought I would. One day you'll be able to look back like me and tell others that they will get their life back.