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World Service,25 Jul 2019,19 mins
I had a baby and thought I was Cameron Diaz
The Outlook Podcast ArchiveAvailable for over a year
When Jen Wight was sitting in a doctor's surgery in Sydney, Australia, she had a lightbulb moment. She suddenly believed she was the American actor Cameron Diaz. The truth was very different of course. She was a new mum, and this was just the beginning of a series of unsettling delusions. Jen Wight was suffering from postpartum psychosis. Image: Jen Wight Credit: Catherine Cullen
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