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Bron Lewis

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1521 total appearances

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The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

We've no idea why they've lost weight or how they've lost weight or how they're feeling about that.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

But we are told that we're allowed to.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

You don't say, well, you've put on weight.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Like we know that.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

We've been trained well enough to not point that out because how awful to put on weight.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

So that became something that a huge achievement of mine.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

So I was like, gosh, people are โ€“ I've got a body that I've always wanted to have and it's never happened to me.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Absolutely.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

I felt like a success in this area, whereas at home there was nothing that felt like a success there.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Even though I could not love my babies more and they were safe and fed and well, all of these things that now I know is a successful home, at the time none of it felt like I was getting it right.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Yeah, I definitely do.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

I feel like if I โ€“ I don't know if I was cognizant of it at the time, but I just felt โ€“ I now know if I stopped, I felt worried if I stopped that all of these โ€“

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

uh, statements or questions, all negative that were just kind of nipping at my heels.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Um, if I stopped, they would hit the back of my head and then I would have to experience them, which were things like, um, it's not, you're not, you're doing a bad job, um, which I kind of, or I could hear whispers of it.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

But not if I was running.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

If you feel something else, you know how when you're trying to make yourself not laugh, so you've got a laugh that's about to come out and so you'll pinch your palm or you'll bite the inside of your mouth.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Think of things that are funny.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

Yes, a distraction.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

You just need a distraction, something, and often pain.

The Imperfects
Bron Lewis - Is It Me or Postnatal Anxiety?

We'll do that.