Dr. Edna Lekgabe

Because this is a normal thing you're going through, girl.

Yeah.

This is totally normal, but is there something else going on?

Is there a critical partner or an absent partner or a demand that you need to attend to?

Like, I need to be at work and I can't be with the baby, but there's that pull, push, pull, push.

What is happening?

Let's find out.

Because if there's things happening, absolutely, you can end up with depression.

Absolutely.

And

Um, I, so with the depression, it can, mattresses can drag up old stuff.

So if you've had depression in the past, it can really bring it up.

If you've had anxiety in the past, it can really bring it up.

If you've had OCD in the past, it can really, trauma.

Because the threat system is on.

The threat system is switched on.

The last time the threat system was switched on, there was trauma happening.

The body can't tell the difference between that trauma 20 years ago and what we're going through right now.

All it knows is that there's danger.

And when threat system is on, you become hypervigilant, you become anxious, you develop panic attacks.