{"id":533118,"date":"2026-03-11T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533118\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T11:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T11:00:10","slug":"postpartum-depression-understanding-its-real-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/533118\/","title":{"rendered":"Postpartum Depression: Understanding Its Real Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Postpartum depression feels like an overwhelming fog of dread, helplessness, and numbness, where joy evaporates and even one\u2019s baby feels distant. Women often describe unbearable loneliness amid family, an inability to feel love or happiness and a guilt for not bonding as expectedAnusha G S, Consultant Psychologist, Maarga Mind Care, Bangalore<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/deccanherald\/2026-03-11\/0rquqeb4\/iStock_2168539495.jpg\"   alt=\"Representative image of a couple fighting\" class=\"qt-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Representative image of a couple fighting<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/deccanherald\/2026-03-11\/bm7c3sq4\/pexels_mart_production_7699511__1_.jpg\"   alt=\"Representative image \" class=\"qt-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Published 11 March 2026, 07:52 IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Postpartum depression feels like an overwhelming fog of dread, helplessness, and numbness, where joy evaporates and even one\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":533119,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[64,63,168761,264679,264673,264677,264680,137,264676,264681,264678,168387,514,515,264674,264675,105193,264683,264672,264682],"class_list":["post-533118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breastfeeding-challenges","tag-c-section-and-ppd","tag-depression-after-childbirth","tag-emotional-stress-in-mothers","tag-family-support-after-birth","tag-health","tag-hormonal-changes-after-birth","tag-infant-socio-emotional-development","tag-marital-issues-postpartum","tag-maternal-mental-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-mothers","tag-postpartum-anxiety","tag-postpartum-depression","tag-ppd-risk-factors","tag-symptoms-of-ppd","tag-treatments-for-ppd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=533118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/533119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=533118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=533118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=533118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}