Alexandra Sacks: A new way to think about the transition to motherhood
Alexandra Sacks: Uma nova forma de pensar sobre a transição para a maternidade
Alexandra Sacks, M.D. is widely recognized as the leading clinical expert on matrescence: the developmental transition into motherhood. Full bio
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when you felt hormonal and moody?
hormônios à flor da pele e mau-humorados?
in strange places and very fast,
e em lugares estranhos
grown-up in this new way.
agisse como adulto nessa fase?
to a woman when she's having a baby.
com uma mulher quando vai ter um bebê.
for teenagers to feel all over the place,
sentirem-se confusos,
pregnancy in the same way?
da gravidez da mesma forma?
the developmental arc of adolescence,
de desenvolvimento na adolescência
to describe the transition to motherhood.
a transição para a maternidade.
with pregnant and postpartum women,
com grávidas e mulheres no pós-parto,
working in this field,
I'm not enjoying this.
Não estou gostando disso.
of that diagnosis,
that she's not clinically depressed,
que ela não está com depressão,
like this," she insists.
sentir assim", ela insiste.
expect it to feel like?"
Você esperava que fosse como?"
would make feel whole and happy.
me faria sentir feliz e completa.
would naturally tell me what to do.
naturalmente me diriam o que fazer.
to put the baby first."
meu bebê em primeiro lugar".
to motherhood feels like.
a maternidade deve ser.
like this from hundreds of women,
assim de centenas de mulheres,
that they weren't sick
to normalize this transition,
de normalizar esta transição,
the same thing as disease.
não é o mesmo que uma doença.
the psychology of motherhood.
sobre a psicologia da maternidade.
in the medical textbooks,
write about disease.
but in an out-of-print essay
publicação de edição esgotada
to frame this conversation:
de descrever esta conversa:
sounds like "adolescence."
soe igual à adolescência.
e a mudança hormonal leva a um caos
and hormone shifting
in how a person feels emotionally
matrescence is not a disease,
matrescência não é uma doença,
in the medical vocabulary,
educating people about it,
pessoas sobre isso,
with a more serious condition
com uma condição mais séria
the anthropology literature
about matrescence with my patients
com as minhas pacientes
the "push and pull."
chamado "empurra e puxa".
are uniquely dependent.
são dependentes de forma única.
our babies can't walk,
nossos bebês não andam,
with this hormone called oxytocin.
com o hormônio chamado ocitocina.
give birth to the baby.
se você não deu à luz o bebê.
zoom in, pulling her attention in,
a dar um zoom, puxando a atenção ao bebê,
at the center of her world.
her mind is pushing away,
all these other parts to her identity --
partes de sua identidade,
tug-of-war of matrescence.
emocional da matrescência.
the women calling me were feeling.
que me ligavam estavam sentindo.
que estavam doentes.
progression of matrescence,
natural da matrescência,
hard to live inside this push and pull,
acham difícil viver neste empurra e puxa,
these circumstances,
and nothing to be ashamed of,
e não deviam ter vergonha dela,
rates of postpartum depression.
de depressões pós-parto.
our culture understands
que nossa cultura entende
their own transition
protecting your relationship.
seus relacionamentos.
a separate part of your identity,
parte da sua identidade,
for your child to develop their own.
sua criança desenvolva uma sozinha.
uma mãe também nasce,
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Alexandra Sacks - Reproductive psychiatristAlexandra Sacks, M.D. is widely recognized as the leading clinical expert on matrescence: the developmental transition into motherhood.
Why you should listen
Alexandra Sacks has spent the last decade of her career helping women navigate their emotional lives as a reproductive psychiatrist. She is a regular contributor to the New York Times, and her work has been featured in TIME, NPR and throughout Asia, Europe and Latin America.
Board-certified in psychiatry with specialty fellowship training in women's mental health via New York Presbyterian Cornell and Columbia, Sacks helms a private practice in New York City and serves on the advisory boards for the American Psychoanalytic Association and the Columbia Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research. In April 2019, Dr. Sacks will publish her first co-authored book, What No One Tells You: A Guide to Your Emotions from Pregnancy to Motherhood (Simon and Schuster).
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