Ayana Lage recounts her harrowing battle with postpartum psychosis

Ayana Lage recounts the terrifying experience of postpartum psychosis that began a week after her daughter’s birth, when she announced she was a prophet and that her baby was Jesus. Despite previous diagnoses of depression and anxiety, she had not anticipated psychosis and initially resisted medication. Her husband contacted her psychiatrist, leading to her admission to a hospital where she experienced visual hallucinations and spent 17 days on a psychiatric unit.

After intensive treatment and support from her family, she eventually felt able to resume motherhood, later giving birth to a son and managing milder anxiety. Lage emphasizes the importance of advocacy, quality care, and the stigma that often surrounds mothers with similar conditions.