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View submission: Yes, Dads Can Struggle With Postpartum Depression—Here’s Why
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.
Comment by Jealous-Factor7345 at 10/01/2025 at 18:17 UTC
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Depression is depression is depression
Respectfully, this isn't even true among people that suffer from depression totally unrelated to having a baby.
Multiple things can suck without them sucking the same amount or in the same way.
There are certainly a lot of common factors that probably relate: stress, sleep deprivation, changes in circumstances, etc. But the physical impact on women's bodies, brains, and hormones is incomparable.
Describing men's post partum depression in the same terms as what women experience has the same vibes as "we're pregnant." A man expecting a child is Big Deal, and I'm all for treating it with the seriousness with which it deserves. But he's not pregnant.