Not Just Tired: How to Recognize and Overcome Postpartum Depression (Reprint)

Motherhood is the best period in a woman’s life. At least that’s what the media, advertising, and hundreds of mommy bloggers say, who are capable of running several businesses, keeping their apartment perfectly clean, and going to the gym with a baby in their arms. In this context, it’s hard to accept that life with a child may not be like a holiday. A couple of weeks after giving birth, Ksuksa Krasilnikova found herself choosing a stool that would be more comfortable for her to stand on to jump off the balcony. And after a year and a half of medication and psychotherapy, she wrote a book on how to cope with postpartum depression. “Not Just Tired” is a guide to one of the most common complications of childbirth, which is rarely talked about. How to choose medications? What to do with the feeling that you have inflicted psychological trauma on your child for life? How to explain to your relatives what is happening to you, and, most importantly, when will it all end?