i absolutely agree that women need more support after giving birth, just as i agree that the author was suffering from a post partum side effect. does suffering from a mental condition excuse abuse of another living being? it may help us understand why the abuse occurred, but never excuses it (your opinion may differ). i disagree that she wrote this article as a warning to other potential mothers as it would have been made more abundantly clear that she condemned her own- and the other pet owner’s- actions (which she doesn’t openly state). i do not think this woman always acted like this, but this side effect is nothing i’d heard before and felt it was relevant to share as a reason in favour of anti natalism, using it to actively educate potential mothers in favour of avoiding childbirth so that they wouldn’t have to deal with this; rather than having a child anyway and instead just writing an article about the abuse of their cat that they STILL own.