What to do if you feel bad after giving birth

After a woman has worked hard for ten months of pregnancy, she should be relieved, but a common phenomenon is that expectant mothers are easily in a bad mood at this time, which is medically considered postpartum depression. Effective psychological treatment measures need to be taken in time to solve it, otherwise it is likely to lead to tragedy. So, what should you do if you are in a bad mood after giving birth? Let’s take a comprehensive look at it below.

(1) Supportive psychotherapy Supportive psychotherapy is also called supportive therapy. It means that in the process of medical care, medical staff reasonably use methods such as persuasion, encouragement, sympathy, comfort, support, understanding and assurance on the patient's mental state, which can effectively eliminate the patient's negative emotions and put him in the best psychological state for receiving treatment, thereby ensuring the smooth progress of treatment and early recovery from the disease.

(2) Interpersonal psychotherapy This depression psychotherapy method is mainly used to treat the acute stage of depression in adults. It aims to relieve depressive symptoms and improve some social problems of depressed patients. Common interpersonal problems in patients with depression include four aspects: abnormal grief reactions, interpersonal conflicts, difficulty in role transitions, and lack of interpersonal communication.

(3) Music therapy is the most popular psychological treatment method for depression among patients. The limbic system and brainstem reticular formation play a major regulatory role in the internal organs and body functions of the human body, and music can have a direct or indirect impact on these neural structures.

(4) Shifting the focus: If you do face serious unpleasant life events after childbirth, or even problems that are difficult to solve, do not always focus on the adverse events. The more you think about unpleasant things, the worse your mood will be. The worse your mood is, the more likely you will get stuck in a rut, and your mood will become even more depressed, falling into a vicious circle of emotions. Therefore, we should divert our attention appropriately, which is a method of diversion. We should divert our attention to pleasant things and pay attention to our own preferences. It can not only divert our attention mentally, but also allow us to physically participate in pleasant activities within our ability.

(5) Behavioral adjustment method: Since women are not suitable for strenuous exercise after giving birth, some appropriate relaxation activities are very necessary, such as deep breathing, walking, meditation, contemplating peaceful images, listening to soothing and beautiful music, etc.

(6) Talk and vent your feelings: Talk to a friend or relative, tell them what’s on your mind, even have a good cry, and vent your depressed emotions.

(7) Role alternation method: Don’t forget that although you are a mother, you are still your husband’s beloved wife and your parents’ beloved daughter. No one can be a full-time mother 24 hours a day, so you need to change your role and enjoy the rights of a beloved wife and daughter.

(8) Self-encouragement method: Appreciate yourself, focus more on your own strengths, focus more on the benefits of things, and think more about the possible successful side of things.

(9) Self-actualization method: Having children is only one way for women to realize themselves, but it is by no means the only way, so don’t forget that there are other potentials and needs for self-realization. Maybe you can take advantage of the maternity leave to focus on the career you are good at, and when the maternity leave is over, you will have a new image.

The above is an introduction to what to do if you feel bad after giving birth. I hope it will be helpful to everyone. In fact, many pregnant women will have more or less psychological fluctuations right after giving birth. This is a normal phenomenon, but some people's conditions are more serious and require timely psychological treatment. You can adopt these methods, which are quite effective.