Inferno by Catherine Cho Summary
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Catherine Cho's "Inferno" courageously chronicles her postpartum psychosis journey, blending Korean-American cultural insights with raw vulnerability. Praised by Alastair Campbell for breaking mental health stigma, this luminous memoir asks: what happens when motherhood's expectations collide with our deepest fears?
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When the Mind Breaks After Birth
Three months after giving birth, Catherine Cho found herself restrained in a psychiatric ward, convinced her infant son had the devil's eyes. She wasn't using drugs. She had no history of mental illness. She was a successful publishing professional who'd planned everything perfectly-yet her mind had shattered completely. This is postpartum psychosis, a condition affecting just 1-2 in 1,000 new mothers, and it can transform reality itself within days. One moment you're changing diapers; the next, you're trapped in what feels like Hell, unable to distinguish between what's real and what your fractured mind is creating. Catherine's memoir pulls back the curtain on maternal mental health's darkest corner, showing us how quickly the ground beneath our feet can disappear.
Breaking Every Rule: The Journey That Changed Everything
A World Without Time: Inside the Ward
When Reality Splits: The Experience of Losing Your Mind
The Weight of Ancestral Stories
The Long Road Back to Love
What We Carry Forward
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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