Carnie Wilson has opened up about her postpartum psychosis in When the Bough Breaks. Postpartum depression can be mild, or severe and in Carnie’s case, she started having hallucinations, which is a very severe thing to have. Carnie heard voices in her head that she knew were not her own.

Key Takeaways:

• Carnie Wilson’s postpartum depression took an extra-horrific turn — with hallucinations and uncontrollable psychotic thoughts — immediately after the C-section birth of her first daughter, Lola Sofia, 11.
• Wilson was able to keep her cool, despite the nightmarish auditory hallucinations
• With a snuggly newborn in your lap, it seems like the surprises should all be happy ones, damn it. Postpartum hormones, you are ruiners. Total party-pooper ruiners.

“Postpartum depression is terrifying enough with the run-of-the-mill symptoms: depression, anxiety, insomnia, crying jags.”

http://www.sheknows.com/parenting/articles/1132641/carnie-wilson-postpartum-psychosis