Alanis Morissette Gets Candid About ‘Harrowing’ Postpartum Depression Struggle

Can you just talk more about your feelings and what you were going through back at that time in your life? I had I call it postpartum activity because it's not just depression and I mean depression on its own And if you've had a history depression and then from my experience each postpartum depression gets increasingly harder Just wanted to meet my kids though so badly so I kept going but um Basically I became another person and all the hormones are all over the place and so there's some version of menopausal flux combined with depression Invasive thoughts that are so harrowing terrible ceaseless Invasive thoughts anxiety depression rage off the charts, I felt completely Out of control and yet I was touring and leading and being a boss and being someone taking care of money and finances and everything and That part is the part where when I'm quiet and alone, I might weep a little bit here and there about that When you first started to experience symptoms, how did you even make sense of them? I didn't and I reached out to so many therapists and all due respect One well-meaning therapist said sweetheart when it gets really bad just put your hands over your eyes like this and I was like You're like, you know, I'm not a therapist, but I have a feeling but I had You're like I've got a feeling that's not Anyway, that can't be the answer isn't oh my and I spoke with a lot of really really smart supportive Postpartum support peeps and it was still really really really really really really hard