Mothering while having Postpartum Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
5 min readDec 13, 2019
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The story of how I escaped the prison in my mind
I am so blessed. I have a two-year-old daughter and she is thriving. I am like most mothers now, I have good and bad days. My path in motherhood is calm and quaint. However, for the first year of her life, I painted on a smile like I did makeup to hide the inner turmoil I was experiencing.