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🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 68 minutes
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When Jessica Ekhoff gave birth to her son, the last thing she planned for was a mental health crisis. The signs were there within days of delivering, but with no history of mania, it was easy to overlook the obsessive, grandiose thinking, the hyperfixation and impulsivity. Eventually, a terrifying delusion landed Jessica in a psychiatric ward where she was able to get a diagnosis and receive treatment. Post-recovery, Jessica is sharing her story through her book: Super Sad Unicorn: A Memoir of Mania. Her mission is to shine a light on postpartum bipolar disorder, and tell those who are affected that they are not alone.
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1:08.5 | look like, and those just kind of shattered. |
1:14.1 | Jessica Eckoff grew up in a very small town, like 900 people small. |
1:21.2 | Lots of corn, lots of soybeans, some cows, and not much else. |
1:26.9 | It was a happy childhood. |
1:28.7 | She had a passion for figure skating and loving parents who drove her to all the Midwest |
1:34.4 | competitions. |
1:36.1 | No one she knew had ever used words like mental health, anxiety, or panic attacks. |
1:43.4 | It just wasn't talked about. And then there was Whitney. Whitney, the most |
1:49.7 | popular girl in high school, whom Jessica had known her entire life. They had playdates together, |
1:56.9 | they played softball together. How on earth does someone like Whitney take her own life? |
2:04.0 | She always seemed so happy and upbeat. |
2:07.7 | And she had this, you know, very cool, older senior in high school boyfriend. |
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