Postpartum Psychosis and yeah temporarily lose your custody here in Sweden. You will be in mental hospital most often and slowly learn how to be with you kid again if possible.
Postpartum depression and you should get support, both medical and children's/ social welfare will step in and help you.
This is pamphlet I found after I had my kid 14 years ago, both the Postpartum Psychosis and Postpartum depression ones was to my husband and was talking how he can spot it, report it and give the mother support.
In the UK we have some mother and baby units for women with post partum psychosis. They're much better for the women, most people spend around 7-8 weeks in them I was borderline ending up in one.
Post partum psychosis is really misunderstood - a lot of the psychosis comes from actually wanting to protect your child to the point that you become a danger to them. I flipped between delusions that started with the thought that social services coming to take them so I packed bags for them so they wouldn't be without their things, but that eventually lead to "knowing" the government were trying to steal my youngest child so I planned to kill both of us.
I also had delusions where he wasn't a real baby but a being that wanted to harm my eldest daughter. That was a really dangerous time for my baby.
I kept both of my kids the whole time, and with a lot of support and therapy, and with a multidisciplinary team around me I'm ok again. 7 years later I've qualified as a therapist myself, and hope to start working in the postpartum field soon.
ETA: the good faith comments have ended and I'm getting nowt but pithy one liners from trolls saying ridiculous things. Going to turn off comments and stop responding now.
One pregnancy and then her brain wasnt hers any more. What I been told it so rare to get stuck, be in the delusion for ever, she was just really unlucky.
Manosphere bros online constantly dismissing how dangerous and life changing it is for a woman to have a baby, never once do they talk about these subjects.
One of my friends is dealing with PPD with psychotic symptoms. It isn't that bad as all described above, but it nearly drove a wedge in our friend group before we knew what was going on. Shes getting the support she deserves and we're all being patient as possible.
Not one alpha bro that talks about mens rights and all that during pregnancy ever talk about pre-eclampsia, or psychosis, or literal death, any of it.
They dont even want help! I had to cut someone off because they wouldnt stop. One was going on and on about how male support groups arent common and that its the feminists fault because women steal all the funding. I said it isnt just lack of funding. They need people to show up. If people arent willing to show up they wont keep getting funded to keep it open. Men dont show up. ( what an unfortunate pattern really) I even listed a few near us and told him what they were for and when they meet and suggested he should join to show his support.
Then he starts saying "oh its different" "thats not for me to join" I told him there was one for fatherless men who experianced truama from inner city violence and crime. That one sent him the fuck off. Started claiming that i was lying. That he already told me he wasnt going to go. That women were evil and thats why men are lonely. I just left. They do not want help.
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u/CakePhool Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
Postpartum Psychosis and yeah temporarily lose your custody here in Sweden. You will be in mental hospital most often and slowly learn how to be with you kid again if possible.
Postpartum depression and you should get support, both medical and children's/ social welfare will step in and help you.
This is pamphlet I found after I had my kid 14 years ago, both the Postpartum Psychosis and Postpartum depression ones was to my husband and was talking how he can spot it, report it and give the mother support.