This week it’s @pandas_uk Awareness Week and in particular the importance of EARLY INTERVENTION in post natal mental health and the incredible services they offer 🙌 honestly without @pandas_uk I’d have been in BIG trouble 🤯 Why is early intervention important for mums postnatally? Because if you’re anything like me...it was the most horrifying terrifying challenging time of my life. And it rattled me big time! And what I needed back then was mental help... and understanding. And to be reassured that I wasn’t ‘broken’ & that everything was going to be ok. I wasn’t fully honest with those around me. They could see I was struggling but I felt so deeply ashamed and terrified of how I was feeling I didn’t dare be fully transparent of just how crap I was feeling. I had intrusive thoughts that were telling me to throw my newborn baby out of the window. I was hallucinating hearing babies crying like a horror movie. I would stare out of the window every morning and pray for the day to be over already. And I would look at my beautiful baby and feel inadequate, terrified of him, and that he deserved so much better than me. But the good news is I got better ☺️ I was brave and reached out for help and explained all of the horrible things in my head, and people helped me. It took time, it was a gradual process but now, here I am 🥰 I can confidently say with my hand on my heart that being a mum is the best thing I ever did. The love & bonding came, and it’s now at a point that it’s almost intoxicating ♥️ Early intervention saves lives, and families 🫶 The incredible team @pandas_uk are run by trained expert volunteers and my goodness they are worth their weight in gold and they deserve every possible penny to help them do the essential work they do. I see you...you reading this struggling....it will be ok and you really are doing a great job 😘 Call PANDAS FREE on 0808 1961 776 #earlyintervention #pandasfoundation #maternalmentalhealth #worldmentalhealthday