Speaking up about PPD

Girl, sue her if you can

You can message me I won’t judge in the slightest. This is also my fear of discussing postpartum in therapy and my sister also had a similar experience (not relating to PPD) which made her scared to discuss postpartum with a therapist. If you want a safe space to discuss your intrusive thoughts I’m here, I think a lot of mums are scared to open up due to fear or judgment x

So sorry you're going through this. The current Lundsay Clancy case has been realise that I'm just functioning but under the surface not okay really. I just don't allow myself time to think and feel which isn't healthy. Well done for being in therapy although now I personally wouldn't trust my therapist after that incident.

So usually, they have to disclose at the beginning that if they think you are any harm to yourself or others they have to intervene but the fact that you asked many times and she said no is interesting.. But Im thinking that she most probably shared this with her supervisor and they told her she need to raise this as a crisis purely to cover her ass in case something did happen and it came out that she did not raise this formally then she would be in trouble basically.

This does not diminish your feeling of betrayal al all !! she went about it the wrong way. You can do a subject request for all your therapy notes if you wanted and take next steps or raise this with her employer.

I was lucky to find the absolute best OB he literally gave me his cell phone number after delivery and told me to text him if I was struggling- which I did. He gave me a therapist contact info and I instantly did not vibe or feel comfortable with this person. I asked my OB for two more referrals and I almost like interviewed these people to find the one I liked.

Don’t let this one bad experience ruin it for you keep your head up and advocate for yourself and find a different provider that your comfortable with and is in your corner!

Your therapist sounds like an idiot, where she’s made you go through that to cover her arse and it wasn’t even necessary. I’m not a therapist, but I hear disclosures of suicidal ideation and intrusive thoughts daily. I also work for a very risk averse organisation, but I would never intervene like that unless the person had been clear they were going to act on their thoughts or if I felt there was disguise compliance to avoid an intervention. If I were you I would put in a complaint.

Please don’t be put off therapy though, I’ve disclosed suicidal ideation many times to therapists and other professionals and never has anyone responded like your therapist.

I’m sorry you were made to feel like that , but at the same time she is probably also trying to cover her ass ya know

This is why I'm not in therapy right now and im over here losing my mind not having anyone that knows what I'm going through. I feel so alone these days that I cry myself to sleep when I actually get the chance to sleep. If you ever want to talk I'm here. We can both share and not feel so alone