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A chaotic upbringing leaves a woman with chronic depression, but after the birth of her first child, she enters a new level of chaos from which she struggles to return.
Today's episode featured Olivia Armond. You can find her on Instagram @the_redheaded_alaskan and on Facebook at facebook.com/olivia.boldt.12.
Olivia also wanted to share some links to resources for those needing postpartum support generally and specific resources for postpartum psychosis:
Postpartum Support International (PSI): postpartum.net/
Health Unlocked: healthunlocked.com
Action On Postpartum Psychosis: instagram.com/actiononpp
Producers: Whit Missildine, Andrew Waits, Jason Blalock
Content/Trigger Warnings: domestic violence, domestic abuse, self-harm, suicide attempt, psychosis, post-partum depression, mention of infanticide, mention of murder, explicit language
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