In this video, I share something really personal: my postpartum mental health crisis and what it was like when I ended up in the ER and then admitted for psychiatric care. After having my son in February 2025, I initially felt “fine,” but a few months later it was like my mental just broke with almost no warning. I explain what postpartum anxiety looked like for me—waking up at 6:30am with nonstop heart palpitations until about 4pm, feeling afraid of everything (even emails and turning on the camera), not being able to eat, losing over 20 pounds, and becoming so debilitated that I’d do the bare minimum for my kids and then crawl back into bed. I also talk about the lead-up: trying to find a therapist in real time, how impossible “Monday” can feel when you’re in crisis, and how scary it got when I didn’t know how to make the pain stop. I walk you through going to the hospital, what surprised me (paper scrubs, no privacy, being monitored, no phone), and the “pink slip” vs voluntary admission situation—plus why I pushed hard to sign voluntary. My biggest takeaway is the same thing the nurses told me: getting help isn’t weak, it’s brave, and it’s one of the best things you can do for your family.