By Elizabeth Landau, CNN
May 18, 2010 12:36 p.m. EDT
(CNN) -- Matthew and his wife were excited about the birth of their daughter in January 2008, and the proud father took a month off of work to spend time with his spouse and child.
About six weeks after the baby's birth, Matthew, 35, who asked not to have his real name used, found himself wanting to sleep all the time. He stopped finding joy in his hobbies and got to the point that he didn't want to go out to dinner with his wife anymore. Having spent six years in the Army, he had always prided himself on mental toughness. But with a newborn, he found himself daydreaming about running away and contemplating suicide.
"People in history would think they were possessed by a demon -- that's kind of what it felt like," the California-based father said. "I didn't have control over it." See more at http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/05/18/postpartum.dads/index.html?hpt=Sbin
