Perinatal MH Partnership

My Personal Experience of Perinatal OCD with our Ambassador @realkimberleynixon and Co Founder of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week @eviecanavan

Kimberley is an actress, known to many for her roles in Fresh Meat, Angus , Things and Perfect Snogging and many more. She is also an incredible advocate for Perinatal Mental Health , sharing her own story which has helped so many others. Her brilliant podcast 'Kimfluencing My Brain' discusses her experiences with perinatal OCD and OCD , helping to bring the conversation about mental illness out into the open.

Kimberley says "After the birth of our little IVF miracle baby in October 2020, life changed irrevocably for me when I began to suffer severe symptoms of Postnatal OCD. I had never even heard of the condition and yet it took over my life for 2.5 years. I wish I had known that’s it’s fairly common. I wish I had known that I wasn’t a bad mum - just poorly. I wish I had known about the Perinatal Mental Health Partnership.I am beyond thrilled to be the first ambassador , so that together, we can educate more people about, not only, how debilitating perinatal mental health conditions can be - but how common. You’re not alone, even though it feels like you are ".

We cannot thank Kimberley enough for sharing her story and for joining our team.

Trigger warning- we discuss intrusive thoughts and thoughts of suicide.

Do look at resources from @perinatalmhpartnership andfollow @maternalocd and @tamingolivia for brilliant specific information on Perinatal OCD.

You can and do get better.

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