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View submission: Yes, Dads Can Struggle With Postpartum Depression—Here’s Why
I'm always kind of torn on this. Like, new dads absolutely can experience depression, anxiety, and all sorts of mental & emotional challenges with the birth of a child. But like... it's not the same thing as PPD/PPA in women. It always seems like there is something almost appropriative about using the same terms to describe the mental health challenges men face in this situation.
Comment by xmnstr at 10/01/2025 at 14:09 UTC
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As someone who suffered from very serious PPD, I completely disagree. From the women I've talked to who suffered from it, PPD is the same thing for women.
Comment by bananophilia at 11/01/2025 at 12:22 UTC
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Agreed.
Comment by TheIncelInQuestion at 10/01/2025 at 18:37 UTC
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I get so fucking sick of hearing this every time something has an affect on men.
Bones break in different ways, but they're all refered to as "fractures". Trauma from a car crash is different from trauma experienced by a soldier, but it's still PTSD. And PPD experienced by those who give birth and those who don't is different, *but it's still PPD*.
Nothing is ever "the same" for women. Men and women are different. But every. Fucking. Time. Someone brings up an issue that affects men, there's always someone derailing by talking about "how it affects women differently". And it gets echoed constantly by people trying to diminish the issues men face.
I have literally never once seen a thread talking about an issue that affects both men and women, that did not have at least one person trying to make this argument and *I am tired of it*.
If you want to talk about how PPD affects women and men differently, that's fine. But stop making it about how it's somehow hurting women or disrespectful to women for men to talk about a roughly similar issue affects them- all over semantics.
Comment by fading_reality at 10/01/2025 at 02:38 UTC
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Depression is depression is depression. The specific of postnatal depression seems to be that onset is within year of birth.
According to the study article talks about, postnatal deperesion in men seems to have about the same incidence as in women. So thinking along the lines of "different cause" probably just dismisses health concerns of men.