There is a pattern I am beginning to see. Euphoria right after the birth, baby blues, while hormones level a bit, then a period of adjusting to the new baby, followed by a sort of endurance stage, then for me, comes a time when I feel things falling. It almost seems inevitable. However, I know someone who says it's not. He says that when we realize that the fall is in the coming, we can shorten the "pride cycle" a bit. When we have noticed that pride sneak in, we can go right to the repentance phase of it and then climb back up.
A hormone imbalance, though, can trigger one of these cycles and can take one quite by surprise.
All of a sudden you may feel like you've committed unpardonable sins and you are doomed forever. I could also compare it to the poem "Autobiography in Five Short Chapters" by Portia Nelson. Please read it here http://www.lessons4living.com/sidewalk_of_life.htm
The hole in this story may sound quite familiar to some of the readers. It did for me. So, there is the "pulling yourself out of the hole" task to do for most of those going through a postpartum mental challenge.
How do you pull yourself out of a hole?
I remember when I was going through it and there was no way out. I can't even say that I FELT there was no way out, or that it SEEMED that there was no way out. I really believed that there was no way out ALONE. I absolutely needed help to get out.
God loves me and you and does not enjoy seeing us suffer. He really does not.
Things in my life that I have realized that are symbolic of taking the step into the hole are, being critical of others, listening to others be critical of me, not listening to and obeying the Holy Ghost tell me to act or refrain from action, or speak, or refrain from words, not going to bed when I know I could or should, etc. So... How do I fix it? Notice the steps I take BEFORE these ones, and choose another way less painful.
