Dear Prudence: I Told My Husband I May Have Postpartum Depression—He Did Nothing. Help!

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🗓️ 18 August 2023

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, Lori Gottlieb (advice columnist and co-host of the Dear Therapists podcast) joins Prudie (Jenée Desmond-Harris) to answer letters from readers about postpartum depression, wedding-planning anxiety, and what to do when you think neurodivergent people are getting away with way too much. If you want more Dear Prudence, join Slate Plus, Slate’s membership program. Jenée answers an extra question every week, just for members. Go to Slate.com/prudieplus to sign up. It’s just $15 for your first three months. Podcast production by Se’era Spragley Ricks and Daisy Rosario, with help from Maura Currie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear Prudence.
0:06.2	I'm your prudence, Janay Desmond Harris.
0:09.2	Today, we'll be discussing letters about postpartum depression, wedding planning anxiety,
0:15.9	and what to do when you think neurodivergent people are getting away with way too much.
0:21.3	Maybe get over yourself, I don't know, I'll see if my guest agrees.
0:24.2	Here to help me out is Laurie Gottlieb.
0:26.2	She's a psychotherapist and the author of the book maybe you should talk to someone and
0:30.4	the Atlantic's dear therapist column.
0:32.7	She also co-hosts the dear therapist podcast, which I'm just obsessed with.
0:36.8	If you love this podcast, you will be too.
0:39.5	You basically get to be in other people's business and hear about their problems, except
0:44.2	on that podcast, the letter writer is actually there answering questions, so it's so satisfying
0:49.8	and interesting to listen to.
0:51.4	Welcome to the show, Laurie.
0:52.4	Thank you for being here.
0:53.4	Oh, thanks so much for having me.
0:55.4	So before we get started, I want to go ahead and ask you to give one piece of unsolicited
1:01.0	advice to our listeners.
1:02.9	I think that one piece of unsolicited advice that I would give to everybody on the planet
1:07.0	is to be kinder to yourself.
1:10.0	And people feel like that's really soft, but I think that we have this voice in our head
1:14.2	that is playing all the time that's extremely self-critical.
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