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“I Sobbed for Hours. My Daughter Deserved Better”: Rachel Platten Opens Up About Battles With Postpartum Anxiety

While being a mom bears abundant blessings and joy, it can also have a much darker side that often feels too taboo to share with the world.

Singer Rachel Platten wants to be a part of breaking that stigma by sharing her personal struggles with postpartum anxiety, which is put under the umbrella of postpartum depression.

Cases of postpartum depression well exceed 3 million per year, and the CDC estimates that 1 in 8 pregnant women experience postpartum anxiety, which can manifest in changes in sleeping and eating and the inability to sit still.

The “Fight Song” singer elaborated on her experience with these mental health challenges in a recent Instagram post.

She started out by admitting that while she posted a bubbly, smiling picture of her and her daughter Violet on Mother’s Day, the storm she felt raging within reflected nothing of that ‘Insta-perfect’ shot.

“On Mother’s Day – I sobbed for hours the night before and the morning of. I know I didn’t show that side on social media, only an older laughing picture of me and Vi,” Platten wrote. “But truthfully all of those months on tour last summer when I was struggling with postpartum anxiety made me feel shame and guilt, like I didn’t deserve to be celebrated as a mom.”

 

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On Mother’s Day – i sobbed for hours the night before and the morning of. I know i didn’t show that side on social media, only an older laughing picture of me and vi. But truthfully all of those months on tour last summer when i was struggling with post Partum anxiety made me feel shame and guilt, like i didn’t deserve to be celebrated as a mom. I felt so sad that I’d missed out on special moments of bonding with her while struggling with panic attacks and my mental health. My angel of a daughter deserved better. I couldn’t even get out of bed on Sunday, until finally after hours of feeling the second arrow of hating and pushing away what i was feeling, i surrendered into it. I let myself feel as sad and ashamed as i needed to. I located the sadness in my body, asked what it needed to hear (“forgive me!”), and i then shifted to my loving higher self who is always there and truly gave myself that forgiveness. It wasn’t all at once, but gradually all of that hurt unwound and i let myself be loved by my husband and reminded that i am of course a good mother! Maybe great! 🥰 Not perfect, no, but loving and kind and supportive. And most of all, violet feels very loved. I know it. I feel a little vulnerable sharing this, but i think it’s important that i practice what I’m always telling everyone else to do. Be vulnerable! Be real! So if you want – maybe start by sharing something you are going through or feeling with me that has been hard for you lately. We can hold space for each other here. 🙏🏽

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Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey Straeter
Kelsey is an editor at Outreach. She’s passionate about fear fighting, freedom writing, and the pursuit of excellence in the name of crucifying perfectionism. Glitter is her favorite color, 2nd only to pink, and 3rd only to pink glitter.

Kevin Bacon Surprises Students at High School Where ‘Footloose’ Was Filmed — Announces He’s Visiting Them for Prom

After some very serious lobbying from students at Payson High School in Payson, Utah, where “Footloose” was filmed, Kevin Bacon announced Friday that he would be returning to the high school for this year’s senior prom. 

“My Last Thought Was a Desperate Plea to God, ‘Lord, Give Me the Strength to Die Well’”: Mom With ‘Invisible Illness’ Shares Her Harrowing...

"'Help me to not look like I am suffocating,' I prayed. 'Lord, please protect my son’s heart from this.’ And I faded away."

“My Husband Turned Blue to Gray”: Wife In Shock Over the One Drink That Killed Her Husband

"The doctor's exact words were 'People drinking these drinks are playing Russian Roulette with their lives.' I was blown away and couldn’t believe just one drink could do this damage"... And KIDS can buy these anywhere.