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How to deal with abortion

Abortion leads to stress on the woman’s reproduction organs, as well as female hormones. The brain, being connected inclusively with the reproduction system during pregnancy, is also affected due to this sudden, undesirable change. So, if you have undergone abortion, the following steps will help you face this period without much pain.

Share your feelings

Post-Abortion Stress (PAS) brings in feelings of guilt, pain and loss in the woman. These feelings, in a way, are not negative, as they tell you how much you were attached with the unborn baby. These feelings start to have a negative impact on the patient in the long run. A woman who has recently undergone abortion starts to live in seclusion, sees a fall in her health and undergoes emotional turmoil. The feeling of guilt also creeps in, aggravating the entire situation. In short, these feelings start to eat into you in the long run. This is why it is vital to share these feelings with others, as it helps lessening the pain, while making your close one aware of the problem. In this way, you are not alone in dealing with the situation. So, the best way to reduce the feelings’ intensity is to share them with your close-ones, such as mother, sister, husband or a friend. This will help you keep these feelings in check and come up from this situation faster and easier.

Join a community

PAS makes you seek solitary environments and places, which is not a good idea in the long run. If you are alone, the pain of abortion is increased manifold. There are many non-religious societies in major cities, most of them owned and run by women. You can join such a society. If you are uncomfortable with normal communities, you can go for societies formed by women who had experience with abortion. Such a society will help you in dealing with the situation and making you mentally and physically strong. Try to avoid religious societies, as in such places, chances are high that your feeling of guilt is intensified.

Engage in an activity

The best way to deal with PAS is to divert yourself towards other matters. It is difficult in doing so, but a small effort can help you divert your mind off the pains and emotions you are feeling currently. You can join a community service, take up a job or engage yourself with your existing child (if you have one). Many women after abortion take up jobs, such as accounting, receptionist and desk jobs. These jobs keep them so busy that they do not have time to fathom on their loss. The activity will not keep you from reality for long, but the duration in which you will deal with these emotions will be reduced, reducing the intensity of PAS.

Visit a doctor

It may not be the ultimate solution, but visiting the concerned doctor, especially a psychiatrist or a doctor dealing with pregnancies, will help you ease the pain and guilt of abortion. The doctors have faced these situations many times before and thus, are experienced in dealing with them. They will try to find a way out for you, and will help you achieve it. Most of the abortion-patients follow this route and it has helped them a lot.

Help yourself

Post-Abortion Stress is something that comes out of you, and if there is anyone who can deal with it, it is you. PAS stage is tough to face, but it is not like it is impossible to survive through it. In fact, millions and millions of women have faced it every year and have come out victorious. Whatever the books on the topic say or the concerned doctor do, it is ultimately you who takes the call. There are many women who take up unconventional ways to deal with the guilt and loss: celebrating the could-be child’s birth anniversary, adopting a pet, sponsoring a child in a poor location or simply taking care of a potted plant. Try to come out of the guilt by convincing yourself that you took the right call at that time (in case of induced abortion) or you did not have the call at hand (in case of spontaneous abortion). After all, it is your life.

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