Michelle1 joined a mindfulness skills group but mostly valued meeting other moms.

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The hospital that I was being treated at where my psychiatrist was, they had a mindfulness group where they would teach mindfulness techniques. And my psychiatrist, who ran the group actually, told me that there’s a 50% increase of beating depression. Sorry, you have a 50% better chance of getting out of depression, if you learn mindfulness than if you don’t. So, you know, I actually really hate mindfulness, but I was determined to do everything I could to be well for my son. So, I did the class, I learned some techniques, sometimes I use them, not necessarily that much but it was also helpful to see other moms as well that were suffering from anxiety ’cause that group was solely for moms suffering from postpartum depression or anxiety. So, it was good to hear their stories.

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