Scheana Shay tears up over terrifying journey with postpartum OCD
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Scheana Shay gets teary-eyed talking about her battle with postpartum OCD following the April 2021 birth of her daughter Summer Moon.
“I feel like the amount of work I’ve been doing in therapy with learning I have postpartum OCD, I feel so much more confident as a mom,” the “Vanderpump Rules” star says on Page Six’s “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast.
“It’s something that I’ve been talking about a lot on my [‘Scheananigans’] podcast lately,” Shay, 37, continues, “just because I feel like a lot of women will get misdiagnosed with postpartum depression when it’s postpartum OCD.”
According to the National Institutes of Health, postpartum OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) is marked by “major mood disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorder and psychosis with infanticidal thoughts.”
Shay has made significant strides with exposure with response prevention therapy, involving exposure to feared situations — usually related to infant care — while simultaneously preventing compulsive rituals.
“That’s the thing with OCD is that it attaches to your biggest fears and then you just see them happening all of the time and it’s terrifying. But I just have to tell myself, ‘This isn’t going to happen, it’s not going to happen, you got this,’” she says.
Shay urges fellow new moms experiencing similar challenges to “advocate for [themselves]” at doctor appointments.
“Reach out for help just because there’s so many resources that I just feel so much better in the few short months that I’ve been getting help myself,” she says.
“Several times a week, I either will take her to my mom’s house, I’ll take her to a music class by myself, I took her over to Brittany [Cartwright]’s this weekend by myself,” Shay continues.
“I’m just trying to do more things by myself and that’s made me feel so good. When I get there, I’m like, ‘Yes, I did that on my own.’”
Check out Shay’s full “Virtual Reali-Tea” podcast here.
“Vanderpump Rules” airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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