Postpartum Depression Is Real – How to Cope

There are certain videos that go viral on social media that I choose to ignore. Teenagers setting themselves on fire, trying to choke each other til they pass out, people fighting, etc. I just have no interest in seeing violence – people hurting themselves or anyone else – which is why I was surprised when I caught myself watching a viral video of a mother abusing her child…a baby. She was pounding the baby with a pillow, slapping her in her face with an open hand, pinching her arms and legs and smacking her on her head, all while the baby cried in pain. My heart broke in a million pieces as I watched the mother slap away the baby’s hand as it reached out to her for comfort and consolation. And what pissed me off the most was that there was someone taping it on their phone rather than stepping in to help this poor defenseless baby who was suffering at the hands of its mother…or who I assume is her mother…. Madamenoire