"Horrifying" images: Alanis Morissette opens up about her postpartum depression
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- čas přidán 21. 10. 2019
- As we get ready for Wednesday's special live audience show, “Stop the Stigma: A Conversation About Mental Health,” we are focusing on the mental health of mothers. Grammy Award-winning singer Alanis Morissette is sharing her nearly decade-long experience with postpartum depression. In an essay on her website, the 45-year-old revealed she's dealing with the condition for a third time. Up to one in seven women experience postpartum depression which can appear days or even months after delivering a baby. Mireya Villarreal reports.
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Alanis helped me through every break up since I was 13. And at 38 as a mother she is helping me still. I just LOVE HER!
Right?! Same here! She is brilliant, raw, real, and just simply amazing!
Her music saved my life when i battled depression i am so grateful to her thank you alanis
To say she's aged well would be an understatement! She gotten better looking! Never knew this was SO bad.
After I had my first child at 17, I had horrible visions, I guess we're calling them invasive thoughts, now. An apt descriptor, because I just couldn't make them stop. I would see myself throwing my infant out of a second story window, and I was afraid to be alone with her because of it. But I was three states away from my family or any kind of emotional support, so my depression and anxiety just got worse.
My heart goes out to all those who go through anything like that. Even 25 years later I still want to cry from the memories and guilt of even thinking such things.
I hope you all get help. I should have.
Awwww Alanis.... wish you good health... Jagged Little and Unplugged got me thru the roughest times. 🥰
Ami Talati SHES FAKING!
@@OneLove-vn2yo What an incredibly cruel, unloving thing to say, "One Love." Never assume you comprehend another's psychological and emotional state.
@@OneLove-vn2yo such an ignorant comment, apparently you know nothing about ppd or depression in general.
kso 40 I don’t need to know anything about ppd I just know a fake narcissist that wants attention when I see one
@@OneLove-vn2yo it's obvious you know nothing about what happens to a woman's body after having a baby
She's more beautiful than ever!
She is so raw and real, both in her lyrics and interviews. We love you Alanis and thank you so much for sharing your story. ❤️
She *was* in her lyrics. Unfortunately, compared to her past music, she's now just another pop-rock-singer in *my* opinion :(
@@BS____________ what are you even talking about? Her music has had the same sound and style since 1995…
Effortlessly charismatic.
Alanis has a smile that could cure most ills.
Star Gazer isn't it IRONIC?
@@mgw9562 It's like rain on your wedding day. 😉
Voice and lyrics too
Her smile isn't helping her and she acknowledges that. Doesn't cure a thing, even though her smile is wonderful to see.
@@CatherineSTodd sometimes a smile is for another, and not yourself
"A sneaky monkey with a machete tearing it's way through my psyche" see that's what I love about Alanis, she's so poetic and metaphorical. That's what makes her such a brilliant songwriter.
She really is a great talent lyrically.
It is so important for people to speak out on this. And yes giving the details. I always love her insights in songwriting and here. ❤❤❤
I absolutely love Alanis! Thank you for sharing your story. She has aged very well!
I get chills every single time I hear her sing. 😩 wishing the best for her and her beautiful family. 🧡
I know exactly how she feels, I went through PPD and had to get on medication. Years later I now have Major depression. So Thankful she shared her story, wasn't aware that she was struggling with PPD. She is a totally amazing strong woman who is so talented. Im glad that she can still write music and is singing again.
ButterfliesR free I agree she's awesome! I'm sure you are too though? :) Sorry to hear what you went through and have been continuing to go through. It sounds so so tough...
I don't know if this can be of any help...but just in case your doctors haven't shared this with you before now (many don't...and some dont because it's not their area of interest but I believe they all have an ethical care of duty to take interest in it, given that they are the people prescribing....) :
"Antidepressants" have never been trialled for anything beyond quite short to mid term use. There is no evidence scientifically to say that they're safe or genuinely effective long-term (beyond a year or so), however the drugs companies profit a heck of a lot - and so do the prescribers - so they just don't stop prescribing and so so rarely suggest anything else or ask any lifestyley questions that may be of relevance and help.
The history of the DSM manual is well worth looking into... James Davies has written candidly about it in his bestselling book "Cracked", as has Paula J Caplan (a former US psychiatrist who now informs and specialises in "Post Natal Depression" as a very distressing but natural and healable outcome of childbirth and parenthood...not a disease to be fixed.)
Also, there have been studies done that have shown ironically, the longer term uses of anti "depressants" and anti "psychotics" can often create the very difficulties ("depression" and "psychosis") that they're trying to resolve. I have a load of resources if of interest/help, ie some handy websites/books/podcasts. Not sure if any of this will be of help to you or others - but just in case. Take good care, and good luck to you on your journey - I hope you reach wherever you'd like to be at :)x
Louisa Tamburro Thank you for your advice I will look into The history of DSM manual.
She is so eloquent
She's a Gemini.
Yeah...a GEM ! !
Went through it. Thanks for trying to remove the stigma
They say 1 in 7 women suffer, but I honestly think people are underreporting. It wouldn't surprise me if it were 1 in 3 or 4.
This woman is such a spiritual gift to this earth. I wish more people knew how deep and visceral this beautiful soul is.
Well, isn't it funny how universe works. My ex suffers from depression, the sweetest man I have met so far broke up with me because he can't cope with a relationship right now and needs to get his life back on track and he doesn't want to hurt me or pull me into his moods... He wants to be with me, he just can't. All the things that come alongside depression. :( I am healing now, feeling better after the break up, trying to understand him, his illness, his actions and feelings and states he's in and be there for him as a friend for now. At one point, I started exploring music for healing reasons. Among other artist, Alanis came up. And now I stumbled upon this video. Thank you, Universe, thank you, my spirit guides, for guiding me here. 💞💫
Best wishes
Good for her. This had to be hard to talk about. After my first son i had a touch of this. Not necessarily depression but definitely baby blues. I remember sitting in my back yard in February 2012 in a winter storm for hours and trying to figure out how to get out of going back into the house to my new baby. It was awful.
God bless you, Alanis... Everything will be alright 🙏🏿🙌🏿
Welcome to motherhood ladies 🤱🏻
God bless u for talking about this Alanis
i just want to hug her. what a great example for her to set for us all. she seems amazingly smart articulate and grounded. i love her for being the icon she is and now showing herself in such a vulnerable way. many mothers will be helped by her i know it.
Ppd is so underrated and it needs to be given so much more attention from both physicians side, to the new moms and the people around them. It can do a lot of damage and many couples split when the babies come into their lives because we don’t know how to deal with it. I have dealt with PPD for almost 2 years after my first born and it was horrible! I didn’t get the help I needed even though I was paying a lot on my insurance at that time. The second time around it was much better, night and day difference. I am, however, very saddened that this issues is so overlooked by physicians and just society in general. Things must change, people must come out and speak about it.
yup. Because a lot of times its assumed that you are happy because you have a new baby. And, even though yes you love your baby, that whole experience of them coming into the world can really deplete you in so many ways
Love ❤️ Alanis. . Good on ya for sharing. It’s confusing for moms.
My wife has had extremely bad post partum the past 2 months. I can not describe how much it affects all of us, seeking help right away is so important. About 2 or 3 months after the baby she started showing signs of post partum and we got help right away. Then when our son was about 8 or 9 months old, she didn’t tell me she’d stopped taking the medication and didn’t tell her doctor either. I found that out about 2 weeks ago, it has been a roller coaster of emotions. A few times it has gotten very dark and I started being concerned for our son. This stuff is no joke.
So sorry😞 good luck
Hope everything is ok & gets better eventually God bless you all ♥️💜
The stopping of this kind of medication can be extremely dangerous which they don’t tell you when they give it; extra support from the beginning is what the new mother needs; Like in the olden days when women supported each other very naturally and not in competition’s around the men or the job or other nonsense A child brought into this world is a very big deal; What is wrong with people that think it’s normal to go off and leave a little one so early in their development
Alanis, we're about the same age and hearing your music immediately takes me back to my college years. I really hope you find health and complete relief. You look the best you ever have. On behalf of others who have suffered through this, thanks for speaking out.
Postpartum depression and anxiety is SOOOOO difficult. I know exactly how it is as I went through it for nearly a year. 1-3 hours of sleep for a year (unless my ex stayed home), agoraphobia for a year, choking phobia which caused me to only eat one protein shake a day for 3-4 months and lose 18lbs in 13 days, major issues with my bowels and GERD, I would pace back and forth for hours, heart speeding non-stop all day, so much more along with an emotionally abusive guy. My kid will be four this year and although I still have anxiety and depression (was diagnosed before PPD), I'm so much better. I'm not just barely hanging onto survival anymore, I go out, I have an intelligent and wonderful girl, and have a permanent restraining order against my ex. Anybody who is dealing with PPD or PPA, you are NOT alone with this.
You are strong!
Is that Alanis Morissette or her beautiful sister? Her face has changed a lot, in a good way.
i agree! she is so beautiful with the extra weight
She shows it more now. :)
Mel Feliciano it’s I possibly to tell a gaunt too thin women how beautiful they can still be with curves. Downright breathtaking
Good point.
Wow shes still so cool! ive always wondered how shes been after all these yrs. Youll be ok Alanis :)
Awweee, she's sooo string and beautiful.
I'm crying, she's wonderful
So needs to be more talked about❣️❣️❣️❣️
Still (naturally) beautiful after all these years. I've had a crush on her since I was 11 😆.
Wow... so brave of both of these women to open up. I had no idea Alanis suffered from PPD. I'd like to hug her. She's given me so much though her music. ❤
I love this girl...and beloved by millions...she needs to remind herself of that too.
I admired this person's Alanis, m..
And her poetry..when I sittìnging down..and listened too this lovely, melodies, I so n. Her's powerfully, voicals, ... also she's a stronger artisted..and she's, shared her's, emotional..
Have always love her and her music 🌞💜
don't worry Alanis everything gonna be fine fine fine.
Hope y'all got the pun.
No, didn't get it. ???
@@CatherineSTodd Its a song lyric of hers from the song "hand in my pocket"
Exactly it can’t get worse than this like she said ❤️ thank u for your music wow such talent ❤️
I love u alanis , take care...
What a genuine honest story.
Thank you all for sharing.
I'm so impressed by your strength
THANK YOU THANK YOU
Thank God for Alanis open about this! Loving can be scaring. The responsibility is huge and we want to be strong all the time is not possible...
Ooh my God I knew and loved these songs but I didn't know the singer!
Depression and Anxiety is making our lives soo hard to live in
I've never seen anyone get more beautiful the more they age ❤️💯
I am having depression /anxiety after taking in my niece’s infant (she couldn’t take care of him). He’s the best, cutest baby ever, but I wasn’t planning on having a baby around (my husband and I are both 45 and have had no children). We were so very happy, and I loved our life. My husband loves the baby and wants to keep him. I think he’s cute and everything, but I just miss my old life and see no way out of this. I can’t take him away from my husband, since he’s in love with him, but I don’t want a child. We had been married for one month when we got the call to go and pick up this baby. I had just moved into my husband’s house, and we had plans for our future that did not involve a baby. Now I am just numb and sad and can’t think straight. I don’t even leave the house. Nothing is fun. I have little interest in the baby, but I have to take care of him all day. My husband comes home and is a good dad, but his life is basically unchanged, while mine is totally upside-down. I’m so resentful and now regret even getting married. I’ll probably just move back into my house in another state and get my old job back. Problem is that he can’t keep the baby by himself. He needs me to take care of him while he works...but I don’t want this life.
yikes...it doesn't sound like you are expressing your feelings w him....maybe just show him what you wrote here and see what becomes of it...best of luck to all 3 of you !
Alanis you have gotten my even more beautiful as you've aged!!! So blessed! Beautiful children! I was so young when I had my first child. Didn't even know what post partom depression was. Had no support from anyone. Not even my Dr. It was horrible. So glad to hear women talk about it and let others know it's not something to be ashamed of. That's how I was made to feel. My own mom was the worst. Thank you Alanis! And God Bless you!!!
I was young I would listen only hiphop. Now that i I am older. I'm open minded into artist that reaches the soul and alanis morissette surprise me with her music. Good health and prayers to her and us all.
Knuckling through depression and anxiety will wreck you physical health as well. Please always reach out for health.
Those feet be doing the trick
Singing is so incredibly cathartic for me. Isn't it ironic.
She seems so pleasant.😊
I use to love listening to Alanis Morissette as a kid.
What a brave and courageous woman!!!
Bless you 🌸💗🌸
Be blessed Alanis.
I don’t think I experienced postpartum depression, but I can definitely relate to a lot of what she described here. We had a homebirth, which I’m grateful for. But as a result, I felt pretty alone, in terms of figuring out how to care for my first born. In addition to the sleep depravation and the weeks of lower body pain, I felt isolated in my room, not being able to move around or do much of anything. It’s worth noting that I’m very much a homebody, so it surprised me to feel isolated at home. After the second or third day, I started crying a lot, just out of tiredness, pain, and isolation, even though my husband was a trooper and did so much for both me and baby. The newborn period is insanely difficult.
The concept of postpartum depression is like something that could have been included in her One Hand in My Pocket song...
Writing is SO powerful!!! 💓
Any people out there who might be new parents, let go of the guilt. You are doing just fine. The lack of sleep, the adjustment, the responsibility is dizzying.
No one does it better than you are doing right now and although it feels as though you are winging it, you are doing absolutely fine.
- me - Dad to 7 year old twins, physically disabled and prone to lots of self doubt due to the pain my spine causes.
💚💚 Alanis you’re so strong to share your struggles. You’re going to certainly help and save other mom’s and families. Best to you on your journey.💚💚
#MentalHealthAwareness
yankeeladee02 SHES FAKING!!
@@OneLove-vn2yo alanis is not stable and should be kept off the air. she knew she was suicidal and susceptible to ppd before she had kids; and still she had them. if you are suicidal don´t have children. and definitely don´t keep having children if you have ppd, and have not resolved your suicidal inclinations. ...maybe she should talk about why a ¨love addict¨ with ¨attachment issues¨ felt the need to become an ***attachment*** parent of three.
@@sublime_death_1789 I'm finding it quite uncomfortable to read so many of these sorts of comments about Alanis...to me it feels fairly judgemental. Especially that she isn't "stable" (who said she isn't? And what exactly does it mean to be "stable"?)
Nobody can "know" they'll feel suicidal in the future, and also nobody can "know" they'll definitely struggle after childbirth. Anyone can have suicidal thoughts at any point in their life, and it doesn't make someone irresponsible - we can't easily control what thoughts we have and when, as most of them are automatic and can fly at us automatically (probably when we least expect it!) I'd suggest that more people than not experience suicidal thoughts at least a handful of times in their lifetime, and many many people have a suicidal thought (not necessarily suicide ideation or a suicide plan or suicide attempt) hundreds of times.
It also seems so natural and normal to be finding life so bloody hard after carrying a baby for 9 months, and then childbirth afterwards - let alone the prospect of bringing up a child. Then thinking about the immense strain that parents can be in... None of these things are some kind of a medical condition even though doctors and drugs companies treat them like they are - it brings them a huge profit to do so...and there's really no provable science in it whatsoever...
@@lt7587 what is your point?
my perspective is this: im glad you empathize with, alanis. nonetheless, it is risky to have a kid if you are, suicidal. and especially so, if you know (another) pregnancy, could lead to suicidal ideation, and a greater risk factor, given a ppd, diagnosis, in the past.
@@sublime_death_1789 what do you mean by a previous "PPD diagnosis"? It's as accurate as the weather forecast and based entirely on arbitrary guesswork, not science. She's a loving mum who gives a damn about herself and others, I don't want to shame someone for having the thoughts and feelings they have. There are a whole host parents out there who have never been labelled "PPD" and may or may not have suicidal thougts, yet they struggle to provide a safe and consistent home for their children. That isn't uncommon unfortunately, far from it. It's not Alanis' children I'm worried for...She has self -awareness and awareness of other, and to me that more than counts for something.
You could tell that Maria was not prepared to talk about her miscarriage on air.
I caught that too. She definitely looked taken off guard and probably not happy about that either. I imagine she had a few things to say to them once off air.
They likely have notes and discussions beforehand for what they're going to say on air, so I'm sure Maria knew that Gayle was going to mention it.
Gayle does this often. I don’t like her and I think it was a low blow.
I can't stand Gayle! I don't even like hearing her voice!!
She’s remarkable and very admirable.
Childbirth is a trigger for unconscious unresolved emotional trauma to emerge
Yes that's true, I became suicidal while pregnant with my second after have unresolved depression from my first..crazy ride it was..
Absolutely
So can the huge change in hormones in your body.
Ohhhkkkk! 🙏🙏
I have first hand experience .. .... but never thought of it that way!!
Thank you!
I find your words liberating!! 🙏🙏🙏
Exactly Christine. Also, sometimes I feel that as a society we neglect to talk about the immense stresses and pressures on parents from pregnancy and birth onwards, whether they've been traumatised from earlier on in life or not (but yes sometimes they have...and so it's a double whammy).
Alanis tiene 3 hijos maravillosos. Que Dios bendiga a su familia. Yo tengo un hermoso hijo y también estuve a punto de caer en la depresión! Pero los hijos nos dan fortaleza!
Amazing woman! I admire her so much.
I see
SHE AMAZING A GREAT ARTIST COMPOSER BLESSINGS ALL THE BEST💝💝
Adore her. 💕
I can't say how much Alanis means to me. She's so real and always supporting women. Love you Alanis💕
I think that she looks great and I like the fact that she´s so honest about her battle with depression. She´s so down to earth despite her succes in the musc industry and I think that she´s a great role model to both women and men about being honest about sensitive topics and topics that you should not be scared to talk about. I wish her, other people fighting with depression and just all people in generel all the best in the future. :)
Simplemente hermosa Alanis !
I don't get it. Why she she looks more beautyful than 20 years ago? ...crazy
Inner beauty . . . Always shines more with age! 💔♥️
Sadly that reminded me of hearing that my brother thought that he could manage his addiction himself soon before he died of overdose. Really, people do think that they can just get through something.
I love that she is aware shes an empath... heard her talking about that on a British television show. So cool
We love you Alanis !!!
I love Alanis!
She's freaky gorgeous to me
Queen, icon
One thing I like about Alanis is that she seems like an honest person, not one of those celebrity fakes. I pray God will help her find peace amid the moments of fear. I am a man who suffers from anxiety and depression so I know how gripping it can be.
You can feel her emotions...
I love Alanis and respect her so much, but her wonderful smile during the discussion of these terrible traumas doesn't "cure" anything, but makes it worse and neutralizes the actual feeling she is describing. I can't believe this is helpful for her or anyone else. But I applaud her for speaking out... very important discussion we all need.
Love THAT girl. YOU are gorgeous.
It's important to note that it is not just the postpartum period. Perinatal Depression and/or anxiety can spring up unexpectedly at any stage surrounding the time period of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum.
Such queen.
She's awesome.
This woman is beautiful very beautiful
Winter mercy, that's a pretty name❄❄🥺
Love to you...
God is she beautiful. Give her a lot of credit opening up about this.
God I love this woman.
shes more beautiful than her previous years 😊
Are you blind? She's fat, everything is drooping and she has wrinkles so deep. My mother is nearing 60 and she looks better than Alanis does now. Ugh, I was shocked to see her!
When the musics over. Turn out the light turn out the light.
Make an album about it. Use your craft to express yourself. Your song ironic has changed my life in recent months profoundly. You got this A.M.!!! Be grateful, you cant lose!
Daniel D She is, actually. Comes out early next year.
Its so disrespectful when people say its just women's hormones, no its not, A friend of my grandmother who was ignored for years and never got trough it! It turned into psychosis!!! She's an elderly women now and her brain never went back to normal...
Damn
I love her
Keeps having kids, can't be too bad
Alanis is popular Philippines hope she can back Philippines
Thank you for being a voice for women.
She's had such a glow lately.
It's the deposits of blubber under her skin, I think.
@@beautyforashes2230 it's a strange thing. How some humans want to be miserable and spread negativity for no reason, except for their own attention seeking behaviours.
@@ecb1979 It's a strange thing, how when someone who's anything but miserable, says something on YT someone doesn't like, they conclude it's "attention seeking". I don't want your attention, so do kindly shut up.
icon! shes my favourite then and now!
Same
I don't think Maria appreciated the manner in which the conversation transitioned from Alanis to her.