The Truth About Postpartum Depression Tom Cruise and Brooke Shields are currently engaging in a word war

against each other because of a type of depression, called postpartum depression. Cruise's an d Brooke's debacle started when Tom Cruise openly disapproved of Brooke Shield's personal choice of opting to take prescribed medicines to cure her postpartum d epression, when he guested at the Today Show. According to Cruise, who is a popu lar devotee of Scientology (who believes that we can be cured through natural me ans and that taking medicine is doing our body harm), Brooke Shields should have instead, opted to cure her postpartum depression by doing healthy exercises. Ad ding that a lot of people have been misinformed about depression and how to actu ally cure this common illness. But what is postpartum depression really? We've heard about it often enough, yet are we really sure that we know enough about it for us to actually understand t his illness in order for us to help ourselves as well as others? Being pregnant should really be a source of joy for everyone, especially the mother to be, who for nine months, will actually have living being grow from inside of her. Unfort unately, there is another side to this joyous occasion, being pregnant means tha t you and your body will have to get used to some adjustments for you to have a safe pregnancy. Smoking, alcohol, strenuous activities as well as stress should be avoided at all cost. A healthy baby means having a healthy mother as well. Bu t given that you have been able to successfully avoided all these bad habits for your baby to be, childbirth is a whole different thing, as much as we may try t o avoid it, there are still some unfortunate cases wherein the mother's as well as the baby's life might be in danger. But there's actually more, postpartum depression actually happens after childbir th. Although it's quite common and a lot of women have learned to how to deal wi th it as well as successfully treat it (like Brooke Shields), it is still quite avoidable. Postpartum depression is actually a lot like depression, but only new moms are the possible victims of this illness. There are actually a lot possibl e reasons why postpartum depression occurs: Childbirth as we all know is not as easy as pie, actual physical stress from giv ing birth is one of the main reasons why postpartum depression occurs. Next post partum depression trigger is massive changes is hormonal levels. A lot of moms-t o-be who were hesitant about bearing a child are also more susceptible to postpa rtum depression, those who are not ready to be a mother yet are more easily to g et depressed as opposed to happy and excited moms-to-be. When postpartum depression happens, it really is best to go to the doctor immedi ately. Aside from obviously having ill-effects for the new mother, postpartum de pression can prove to be harmful to the child as well. New mothers who are suffe ring from postpartum depression may be harboring ill feelings toward their child ren. Their are actually some cases of murder wherein postpartum depression has b een cited as the reason. Mothers who suffer from postpartum depression may blame their child for their weight gain, thus feeling like they've become less attrac tive and unloved. It is really best to consult a reputable cognitive behavior th erapist to take care of your postpartum woes, your therapist may prescribe medic ations to help cure postpartum depression as well as therapy sessions to help re lieve whatever pent emotions that you may have.