Practicing in Reading, Windsor, Maidenhead and Wokingham in Berkshire,
Tel: 0118 9269978 or 07861 293634 or email me here.
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Post-Natal Depression

"Mothers have the right to suffer!"

It is a proven and medically accepted fact that POST NATAL DEPRESSION is a problem that 80% of women may develop.

After years of social/self blame feelings of depression and displeasure over their babies, mothers feel more empowered now to say that they are depressed. Most of them just develop what is called “baby blues”—usually feelings of sadness and dissociation from the baby and surroundings which passes in a few days. Different women experience the same feelings in different intensities depending on several factors and there are a few who do not experience any of those!

It is quite a disturbing experience for any new mother and her husband/partner: after months of excitement and restless preparation, looking forward to the day when they are going to finally hold that precious being in their arms, to suddenly feel disinterested and utter dissociation in the baby is very confusing and painful.

Post Natal Depression is worse than normal sadness and “baby blues”; usually it will occur within twelve months of having a baby, most probably during the first few weeks and months. It ranges in severity from very mild to severe and lingering symptoms. Post natal depression is most common after the first pregnancy.

The range of symptoms includes the following with differing intensities for different women:

Post Natal Depression can be and is successfully treated nowadays through medical and psychological techniques.

Several factors can contribute to one woman’s sadness escalating to a post-natal depression as compared to another woman. Some of the factors could be:

Hypnotherapy can be of great help after the person’s level of depression has been treated to a mild-moderate level through anti-depressants. Often mothers feel better with anti-depressants and sleeping tablets but they feel a lack of control over their feelings and thoughts and want to regain those skills that they used in their past to deal with stressful situations.

Hypnotherapy works with the unconscious mind which believes and feels whatever is the internal experience of the person. So if the mother is feeling better but is still living with images of the depressed state and keeps thinking about what happened during the PND she is feeding her unconscious mind into believing that the stressful situation is very much still there. So the unconscious wanting always to help will keep her in a state of restless and tensed “fight or flight” response, believing that she is in constant danger.

At the same time the self-esteem and self-image of the woman has taken a deep blow and she requires sometimes just support and sometimes professional help to treat her back to a normal and healthy self-perception. Hypnotherapy works beautifully in restoring that self-esteem by re-programming the unconscious mind into how the person wants to be and by retrieving past resources through trance and using them again.

Once a Mother has grown back in her self-esteem and self-confidence and she can carry on practising the constructive programming of her mind through the SELF-HYPNOSIS that I teach my clients, she can enjoy being herself once again.

For more information or queries about HYPNOTHERAPY and how it can help with different emotional issues call me on 0118 967 9629/0786 129 3634 and leave a message; I will call you back as soon as I am free from my consultations. Feel free to mail as well at amreeta@innerpotential.info

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