Postpartum Depression In The Yellow Wallpaper By Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Is unusual, unusual behavior actually normal behavior? This is actually an important question to ask when it comes to postpartum depression. Postpartum depression is an illness like heart disease. Anyone can get this illness, it doesn 't matter how smart, successful or religious you are. An example of people who may get this disease, but not limited to are women who 've given birth. They may experience loss of interest, feeling irritable, feeling restless, hard time falling asleep or staying awake. Not to mention there are factors that can lead up to getting this illness such as childhood trauma, being a teen mother, traumatic childbirth, a previous miscarriage, anxiety with family members, or even problems with your thyroids. In "The Yellow Wallpaper" Charlotte Perkins Gilman uses writing, first person point of view, and symbolism to show how the yellow wallpaper and family have confined her to her emotional condition. The narrator 's obsession with the wallpaper shows us how she projects her feelings into the wallpaper. The narrator talks about how she thinks she may be able to help herself, "I sometimes fancy that in my condition if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus—John says the very worst thing I can do is to think about my condition, and I confess it always makes me feel bad" (Gilman 305). Gilman

She was, in fact, correct that she was, only that could see her because all along it was herself. She could see that she imprisoned by her depression, which was her room, trapped by the wallpaper which was her mind. The narrator uses symbolism to give readers a detailed description of how her depression felt and the roles men and women played in society at that time. The narrator ripping the yellow wallpaper off showed there was hope in a very oppressive situation. The author was able to show how men and women viewed the