The more people know about postpartum depression, the better equipped they will be at handling it.  One of the reasons that postpartum depression is such an epidemic is because of the lack of knowledge.  Some mothers don’t even know they have it.  Their families don’t know the warning signs and symptoms.  Their doctors don’t know how to treat it.

We all need to stop assuming that postpartum depression won’t happen to us or to someone we love.  We need to stop ignoring it and pretending that it doesn’t exist or isn’t our problem.  It doesn’t matter if you’re a mother yourself or not, because maternal mental health affects everyone.