Post Natal Depression the psychiatrist said, <br />Take these Prozac and go home to bed. <br />You have a baby now and you’re doing your best, <br />You really need to get some rest. <br /> <br />Well 14 years after and I still felt the same, <br />Years of breakdowns, suicidal thoughts and lots of blame. <br />Hospitals, doctors, psychiatrists, I’ve tried them all, <br />They haven’t helped me each time I fall. <br /> <br />I have since found out it wasn’t PND, <br />It was Post Traumatic Stress happening to me. <br />At 13 years old I was raped by a creep, <br />The nightmares I’ve had no wonder I couldn’t sleep. <br /> <br />It all came back when I had my first child, <br />Those horrible memories, they made me so wild. <br />The scars I have lived with for most of my life, <br />The hurt and the pain were so rife. <br /> <br />As I’ve gotten older, I have learnt to handle it all. <br />The positives and love I have keeps me standing tall. <br />My head held high, my confidence strong, <br />I now refuse to let things go wrong. <br /> <br />My Husband, my Kids and my Mum and Dad, <br />Have helped me to get through all the bad. <br />I now live my life writing poems for therapy, <br />And I am finally at peace with just being ME<br /><br />Helen Antonas<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/post-natal-depression-they-called-it/
