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Journey of a Mind as it Becomes Fractured
An inside view of a young woman's experience as her mind begins to deviate from reality. Although Psychotic breaks are not common in post partium depression, they do exist. So few are aware of it today, but then it was just a nervous condition spiriling out of control. Like today, it was largely hidden from view.
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The story displays how medicine has advanced with more modern social dynamic allowing for the idea of post partium depression to be recognized as an issue.
May 23, 2009 12:14 pm
by last2ndread -
In real life the author, (I'm glad to say) abandoned the "treatment" by a noted neurologist and left her husband. And wrote this famous short story for all of us! She later remarried happily, I'm glad to report.
Oct 3, 2010 6:31 am
by dreamdust
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