Corrina RawlinsonFounder of She's Honeslty Mental

Complex PTSD & Postnatal Depression Diagnosis | My Mental Health Journey as a Woman & Mom

29 Sept 2025

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YouTube monologue in which Corrina Rawlinson recounts a clinical encounter where a clinician identifies previously undiagnosed postnatal depression, PTSD, and complex PTSD. The speaker recounts the clinician writing notes, naming the conditions, and explaining complex PTSD as cumulative trauma that compounds until one 'explodes.' The tone is reflective and personal.

She's just writing all these notes, and she goes, you have ptsd. And I. Sorry, what? She's like, you've clearly had undiagnosed postnatal depression. And I was like, yeah. And also all of these other things, it's like. It's complex ptsd. It's where all these traumatic events happen in your life and they compound. And one thing after the next, it's just like. You just get to that point and your body is about to explode. And I was like, okay, sure.