Content note: This post discusses severe postpartum mental health struggles, including intrusive thoughts. Reader discretion advised.) I thought I knew what postpartum would look like. What I didn’t expect was how extreme it could become - or how terrifying it feels when your own mind turns against you. After my oldest son was born, postpartum didn’t show up as “baby blues.” It came as overwhelming fear, intrusive thoughts I didn’t want, and a constant sense that I couldn’t t