What Alanis Morissette has said about Postpartum depression

Morissette says she calls it postpartum activity because it involved invasive thoughts, anxiety and rage alongside depression.

“Invasive thoughts, anxiety, depression, rage, off the charts. I felt completely out of control”

Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 44:57

Morissette says she sought help progressively faster after each birth, waiting over a year the first time and three days the third.

“first time i waited a year and two months second time i waited eight months and third time i think i waited three days”

Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 48:00

Morissette says she toured while experiencing postpartum psychosis and was called crazy by people in the business.

“but i still showed up like i was i dipped into psychosis it was a wild ride”

Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 48:46

Morissette says the hardest loss during postpartum depression was other people's trust in her sanity.

“And the bummer for me inside PPD was that I was losing people's trust in my sanity”

Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 50:15

Morissette argues the solution for new mothers is communal care and honoring the female endocrine system as a spiritual practice.

“the solve for women is us going back to how we used to live. which is honoring the female endocrine system as a spiritual fricking practice”

Call Her Daddy: Alanis Morissette: Anger, Attachment, & Postpartum (Sep 9, 2026) · Listen from 51:21