Oct 01 2024 39 mins
This episode is a continuation of Sierra’s story. After the birth of her second child, Sierra was admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Again, Sierra talks about the
empathy she developed by being on the receiving end of mental health services. She also frankly shares how traumatizing the admission process into the psychiatric hospital was, how her faith was shaken, and how she didn’t even recognize who she was physically or mentally. Sierra also candidly discusses what the delusions and psychosis were like, and how the delusions lasted several more weeks after her discharge from the hospital. Sierra expresses how amazing her husband’s unconditional love is. Sierra talks about how Electroconvulsive therapy saved her life, and that postpartum psychosis is extremely life-threatening. Sierra wants people to know they don’t have to go through these trials alone, and that there needs to be more conversation and screening for pre and postpartum depression. For more information about these conditions, please visit https://www.postpartum.net (https://www.postpartum.net)