"Horrifying" images: Alanis Morissette opens up about her postpartum depression 

Right?! Same here! She is brilliant, raw, real, and just simply amazing!

Star Gazer isn't it IRONIC?

@@mgw9562 It's like rain on your wedding day. 😉

Voice and lyrics too

Her smile isn't helping her and she acknowledges that. Doesn't cure a thing, even though her smile is wonderful to see.

@@CatherineSTodd sometimes a smile is for another, and not yourself

Ami Talati SHES FAKING!

@@OneLove-vn2yo What an incredibly cruel, unloving thing to say, "One Love." Never assume you comprehend another's psychological and emotional state.

@@OneLove-vn2yo such an ignorant comment, apparently you know nothing about ppd or depression in general.

kso 40 I don’t need to know anything about ppd I just know a fake narcissist that wants attention when I see one

@@OneLove-vn2yo it's obvious you know nothing about what happens to a woman's body after having a baby

She *was* in her lyrics. Unfortunately, compared to her past music, she's now just another pop-rock-singer in *my* opinion :(

@@BS____________ what are you even talking about? Her music has had the same sound and style since 1995…

No, didn't get it. ???

@@CatherineSTodd Its a song lyric of hers from the song "hand in my pocket"

She really is a great talent lyrically.

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Yes that's true, I became suicidal while pregnant with my second after have unresolved depression from my first..crazy ride it was..

Absolutely

So can the huge change in hormones in your body.

Ohhhkkkk! 🙏🙏 I have first hand experience .. .... but never thought of it that way!! Thank you! I find your words liberating!! 🙏🙏🙏

Exactly Christine. Also, sometimes I feel that as a society we neglect to talk about the immense stresses and pressures on parents from pregnancy and birth onwards, whether they've been traumatised from earlier on in life or not (but yes sometimes they have...and so it's a double whammy).

i agree! she is so beautiful with the extra weight

She shows it more now. :)

Mel Feliciano it’s I possibly to tell a gaunt too thin women how beautiful they can still be with curves. Downright breathtaking

Good point.

They say 1 in 7 women suffer, but I honestly think people are underreporting. It wouldn't surprise me if it were 1 in 3 or 4.

She's a Gemini.

Yeah...a GEM ! !

ButterfliesR free I agree she's awesome! I'm sure you are too though? :) Sorry to hear what you went through and have been continuing to go through. It sounds so so tough... I don't know if this can be of any help...but just in case your doctors haven't shared this with you before now (many don't...and some dont because it's not their area of interest but I believe they all have an ethical care of duty to take interest in it, given that they are the people prescribing....) : "Antidepressants" have never been trialled for anything beyond quite short to mid term use. There is no evidence scientifically to say that they're safe or genuinely effective long-term (beyond a year or so), however the drugs companies profit a heck of a lot - and so do the prescribers - so they just don't stop prescribing and so so rarely suggest anything else or ask any lifestyley questions that may be of relevance and help. The history of the DSM manual is well worth looking into... James Davies has written candidly about it in his bestselling book "Cracked", as has Paula J Caplan (a former US psychiatrist who now informs and specialises in "Post Natal Depression" as a very distressing but natural and healable outcome of childbirth and parenthood...not a disease to be fixed.) Also, there have been studies done that have shown ironically, the longer term uses of anti "depressants" and anti "psychotics" can often create the very difficulties ("depression" and "psychosis") that they're trying to resolve. I have a load of resources if of interest/help, ie some handy websites/books/podcasts. Not sure if any of this will be of help to you or others - but just in case. Take good care, and good luck to you on your journey - I hope you reach wherever you'd like to be at :)x

Louisa Tamburro Thank you for your advice I will look into The history of DSM manual.

I caught that too. She definitely looked taken off guard and probably not happy about that either. I imagine she had a few things to say to them once off air.

They likely have notes and discussions beforehand for what they're going to say on air, so I'm sure Maria knew that Gayle was going to mention it.

Gayle does this often. I don’t like her and I think it was a low blow.

I can't stand Gayle! I don't even like hearing her voice!!

Inner beauty . . . Always shines more with age! 💔♥️

yankeeladee02 SHES FAKING!!

@@OneLove-vn2yo alanis is not stable and should be kept off the air. she knew she was suicidal and susceptible to ppd before she had kids; and still she had them. if you are suicidal don´t have children. and definitely don´t keep having children if you have ppd, and have not resolved your suicidal inclinations. ...maybe she should talk about why a ¨love addict¨ with ¨attachment issues¨ felt the need to become an ***attachment*** parent of three.

@@sublime_death_000 I'm finding it quite uncomfortable to read so many of these sorts of comments about Alanis...to me it feels fairly judgemental. Especially that she isn't "stable" (who said she isn't? And what exactly does it mean to be "stable"?) Nobody can "know" they'll feel suicidal in the future, and also nobody can "know" they'll definitely struggle after childbirth. Anyone can have suicidal thoughts at any point in their life, and it doesn't make someone irresponsible - we can't easily control what thoughts we have and when, as most of them are automatic and can fly at us automatically (probably when we least expect it!) I'd suggest that more people than not experience suicidal thoughts at least a handful of times in their lifetime, and many many people have a suicidal thought (not necessarily suicide ideation or a suicide plan or suicide attempt) hundreds of times. It also seems so natural and normal to be finding life so bloody hard after carrying a baby for 9 months, and then childbirth afterwards - let alone the prospect of bringing up a child. Then thinking about the immense strain that parents can be in... None of these things are some kind of a medical condition even though doctors and drugs companies treat them like they are - it brings them a huge profit to do so...and there's really no provable science in it whatsoever...

@@lt7587 what is your point? my perspective is this: im glad you empathize with, alanis. nonetheless, it is risky to have a kid if you are, suicidal. and especially so, if you know (another) pregnancy, could lead to suicidal ideation, and a greater risk factor, given a ppd, diagnosis, in the past.

@@sublime_death_000 what do you mean by a previous "PPD diagnosis"? It's as accurate as the weather forecast and based entirely on arbitrary guesswork, not science. She's a loving mum who gives a damn about herself and others, I don't want to shame someone for having the thoughts and feelings they have. There are a whole host parents out there who have never been labelled "PPD" and may or may not have suicidal thougts, yet they struggle to provide a safe and consistent home for their children. That isn't uncommon unfortunately, far from it. It's not Alanis' children I'm worried for...She has self -awareness and awareness of other, and to me that more than counts for something.

Best wishes

So sorry😞 good luck

Hope everything is ok & gets better eventually God bless you all ♥️💜

The stopping of this kind of medication can be extremely dangerous which they don’t tell you when they give it; extra support from the beginning is what the new mother needs; Like in the olden days when women supported each other very naturally and not in competition’s around the men or the job or other nonsense A child brought into this world is a very big deal; What is wrong with people that think it’s normal to go off and leave a little one so early in their development

yup. Because a lot of times its assumed that you are happy because you have a new baby. And, even though yes you love your baby, that whole experience of them coming into the world can really deplete you in so many ways

Damn

yikes...it doesn't sound like you are expressing your feelings w him....maybe just show him what you wrote here and see what becomes of it...best of luck to all 3 of you !

You are strong!

Those feet be doing the trick

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David Ellis SHES FAKING!!

@Jenny and all the expectations and pressures on women, all the changes (not only hormonal) that occur after birth.

I see

her mental health recovery has nothing to do with men doing "something" better. it's about getting professional treatment (which is ready available) in the same way you would treat a disease or major ailment. what makes you automatically think that all men are falling short of providing help and support to their partners?

T3 is used primarily for depression and most postpartum depression is intimately connected with postpartum hypothyroid itis.

What do you mean?

If you think men have it easy, you're crazy lol

@@cronicjointpain1 name one situation men have it hard versus a woman.

@@dandrem.4074 War and Work. There's 2 Shall I continue? All the deadliest, most dangerous, and hard work has been historically, the job of men. Who protects the women and children? Mostly men. Clearly you don't know how dangerous and stressful that can be. With other men it's always a competition and you always have to be on guard and ready to fight at the drop of a hat. That's just how it is as a man. Who has faced the horrors of war time and time again? Bled, died, had their limbs blown off etc. Again, almost exclusively men. Who toiled away in the hot, poisonous mines getting black lung mining all the resources you rely upon? Who chopped down the vast forests and carved out modern civilizations for you? Who dynamited and hand carved out mountains to carve out roads everywhere for you? Who removed all the boulders and plowed the fields to make them farmable? Who stood on steel beams hundreds of feet off the ground with no safety harness to catch you if you fell to build the skyscrapers for you? Men. Women would have nothing without us and we would be nothing without you. I'm not saying women have it easy but for you to say men do is absolutely insane and proof you have very little understanding of this world and what we go through.

@@cronicjointpain1 ok let me mellow you out for a minute. Though it is true that men and women need one another, let me deflate your ego a little. #1. Women are actually capable of taking care of themselves and their offspring. Its a proven fact among single mothers...Probably better than a man. Its literally proven not just amongst humans and the entire animal kingdom. #2. Who are the starter of all wars? Not one woman has ever started or been the cause of any war or weapon of mass destruction. Men... so these wars that you talk about men serve and fight in is not just for women and children. Its for you too, your brethren start them. So don't blame mens natural ability to destroy a justification of how hard life is. #3. Those fields, which i am sure you never tilled, were not just for the women. They were for you too. So regardless if a woman were present, men still would have toiled...sex was just your motivation. Finally, my initial statement was not to spark your ego. Alanis' condition is a strictly personal matter and not one that a man would understand or have to deal with because well men can't have babies... so they typically can't understand how a women would feel depressed. Thats what I meant. Not to use a platform for you to point out how the men folk are such marvels to women. Don't get so full of yourself. Women have proven that they can handle life just as well as men.

Are you blind? She's fat, everything is drooping and she has wrinkles so deep. My mother is nearing 60 and she looks better than Alanis does now. Ugh, I was shocked to see her!

Her body has changed because she’s made three human beings. I hope your comment is because you’re to young to know better, otherwise you’ve got no excuse to be so ignorant.