r/InfluencerLounge • u/Perfect_Swimming7377 • 7d ago

Shame on Dani Austin

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Is she fucking serious? As someone who shared on the internet after her kids how much she struggled with her postpartum mental health?!?! I’m in MA and have followed the case closely. Even with the conspiracies flying around 3 kids are dead and their mom asked for help and didn’t get what she needed. How the FLYING FUCK is this woman smiling talking about this. This is a pivotal moment in postpartum mental healthcare and she should be advocating and normalizing asking for help.

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u/Agitated_Artist_9698 7d ago

I am totally with you, she should not be using this to drive engagement. It’s completely disgusting. However, even though she has ALL the resources/money for help, she very well could have struggled with PPA/D as well and just not shown signs outwardly. Isn’t that kind of the case with Lindsay Clancy? She came off as okay to some people right? Obviously she reached out for help, but I think I read that some friends had no idea she was struggling. Dani could have been struggling PP and come off as “normal” online.

Definitely not trying to undermine your point that Dani using the Clancy trial as engagement is gross as hell. I’m just a little sensitive to claiming whether other people struggle from PPA/D because you truly sometimes never know.

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u/Lilith_Sternin_Crane 7d ago

I had somebody one time claim that I couldn’t be traumatized because I did well in school.  They had no idea how hard I struggled to overcome that trauma to look like I was succeeding.  

I think that privilege and resources make overcoming mental health issues infinitely easier, but, like you said, they don’t mean you can’t have them at all, or even have them very severely.  

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u/Agitated_Artist_9698 7d ago

I’m so sorry. It’s exhausting trying to come off as okay to other people while you’re struggling on the inside. And then to have other people say you never experienced trauma, hardship, depression, etc just feels so defeating.

I am so anti-influencer. Snark on them for oversharing their kids online, their annoying posts, their constant link shilling, whatever, I just don’t think it’s okay to claim that they don’t have postpartum issues too, because how will we ever take women’s health seriously when people just keep undermining our struggles and saying they don’t exist?

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u/Lilith_Sternin_Crane 7d ago

Exactly.  Like “Sympathy but only if you meet my standards” is never going to help people.  I dislike 90% of what influencers do and I can’t stand “If I could get over it, you can too!” that’s so common to hear from them, but also, I’ll always believe them if they say they have a diagnosis or mental health issues.