When I experienced Postpartum Psychosis out of the blue 22 years I'd never heard of it, despite having worked as a mental health professional myself for 10 years. I didn't understand what was happening to me and and I felt lost and confused with no hope of recovery. It took 10 years to meet another woman who'd recovered from the condition. I know that access to good information and peer support at that time would have made a huge difference to me and my family, but it wasn't available.

Action on Postpartum Psychosis is a UK charity that's been around for 15 years. They exist to make sure mums, parents and families are supported through postpartum psychosis – a severe, but treatable, form of mental illness that occurs after having a baby and affects over 1000 new mums in the UK each year.

They offer information and peer support, facilitate ground breaking research, raise awareness and campaign for improved services.

Their life changing peer support network helps women and families affected by postpartum psychosis feel understood, supported and less isolated.

I support this charity because I know what a difference it would have made for me, so I want to ensure that it continues to be there for women and families who develop postpartum psychosis now and in the future.