Richard R RamosRichard R. Ramos. Founder of Parents on a Mission,Youth on a Mission, and Latino Coalition for Community Leadership

Motherhood After Trauma: Lina’s Honest Struggles and Triumphs!

7 Aug 2026 · 1 min

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In this candid testimonial, the speaker (Lina) reflects on how unresolved past trauma has infiltrated her experience of motherhood. She describes living for years in a survival mindset marked by feelings of rejection, shame, and hopelessness, which manifested in her parenting as anger, coldness, and controlling behavior driven by fear. Lina also reveals that she has been suffering from undiagnosed postpartum depression and possibly PTSD, noting that medical professionals ignored or failed to recognize her symptoms despite her pleas for help. She emphasizes the difficulty of obtaining appropriate care, recounts her frustration with the healthcare system, and concludes with a disclaimer urging viewers not to discontinue their medical treatment. The narrative underscores the interplay between trauma, mental health, and parenting, while highlighting systemic gaps in support for new mothers.

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I wanted to give my family the life that I never had. That's all we do as a parent. But my past followed me in the motherhood. For years I had lived in survival mode. I felt rejected and used and abandoned and lost. So fear, shame, hopelessness shaped the way I thought and I responded. And without even realizing it, these patterns were showing up again and again. As a mom, and I was angry and cold and controlling because I was scared. And then on top of it, as a woman, I struggle with the postpartum depression that was not diagnosed. Doctors completely ignore all the different signs. Nobody doesn't— did not diagnose me, not with trauma, PTSD, or anything. And I really struggle. I will— I was actually asking for help medical professionals that didn't work out. And please, this is just disclaimer, do not quit your doctors.