So, our friend has got a bit of PND - actually I think it's more like Post Natal Sad-Sack - we've known her forever, and now her life is falling apart with the arrival of her 4 month old daughter.
There's a whole shopping list of symptoms, but I won't bore you with the details - basically she's acting pretty sad, but mostly just an extension of the poor hard-done-by victimised passive-aggressive that she's always been, except now it's with sleep deprivation and an infant.
My wife really wants to help her - actually, she wants to FIX her - but we don't really know how to go about it.
She's arranged with the husband to go over and do some cleaning on the weekend (she's stopped doing housework) but other than that we don't have any ideas.
Basically, we agree that you can't just come out and tell someone they're being a bad parent, even if that's not what you're saying, you have to find a way to say "I'm just concerned about YOUR well being, I think I can help you to cope."
Any ideas on how to help someone snap out of a stress-spiral? The husband has flat out asked for our help, but we really don't know what to do.
There's a whole shopping list of symptoms, but I won't bore you with the details - basically she's acting pretty sad, but mostly just an extension of the poor hard-done-by victimised passive-aggressive that she's always been, except now it's with sleep deprivation and an infant.
My wife really wants to help her - actually, she wants to FIX her - but we don't really know how to go about it.
She's arranged with the husband to go over and do some cleaning on the weekend (she's stopped doing housework) but other than that we don't have any ideas.
Basically, we agree that you can't just come out and tell someone they're being a bad parent, even if that's not what you're saying, you have to find a way to say "I'm just concerned about YOUR well being, I think I can help you to cope."
Any ideas on how to help someone snap out of a stress-spiral? The husband has flat out asked for our help, but we really don't know what to do.