Not Just Tired: How to Recognize and Overcome Postpartum Depression

Motherhood is the best period in a woman's life. At least, that's what the media, advertising, and hundreds of mom bloggers say, who manage to run several businesses while holding a baby, keep their apartment in perfect cleanliness, and attend the gym. In such a context, it's hard to accept that life with a child can be unlike a celebration. A couple of weeks after giving birth, Ksuksa Krasilnikova found herself choosing a stool that would be more convenient for her to step off to jump from the balcony. After a year and a half of medication and psychotherapy, she wrote a book about how to cope with postpartum depression. "Not Just Tired" is a guide to one of the most common complications of childbirth that is rarely discussed. How to choose medications? What to do with the feeling that you've inflicted a psychological trauma on your child for life? How to explain to relatives what is happening to you, and, most importantly, when will all this end?