Around four weeks after giving birth to her son, Laura Dockrill found herself in a psychricatic ward on suicide watch. She had numerous delusions including that her husband wanted to steal their newborn away, her father-in-law had hypnotised her, and that she was herself a femme fetale. Laura was suffering from postpartum psychosis which affects one in a thousand new mothers.

Over time Laura began to get better, and upon releasing her memoir What Have I Done? she found her experience, whilst extreme, resonated with many many others. Laura wasn’t a first time writer, she’s an awarding winning children’s author, poet and illustrator but her memoir she wrote solely on her phone.

Since the book’s release she hosts her own podcast and has written more articles about her experience with postpartum psychosis and the pressures of parenthood.

Charities such as Mind have more information and support which can be found here.

Links to Laura’s books, podcast and more can be found via her Instagram - www.instagram.com/lauraleedockrill

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