"It can help [people to] understand what they're going through, feel supported to reach out for help, and give hope for their journey through parenthood to feel more like themselves again."

Similarly, Gen Whitlam says it took her a while to realise she wasn't herself. Gen was being treated for a mastitis infection following her pregnancy.

It was during this period of hospitalisation she began experiencing delusions and paranoia — and soon after she was diagnosed with postnatal psychosis.

"I was trying to hold my organs in all day — and this clenching and this tightness — and then when I got into [the] shower, it was just my private moment of grief."