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World Service,08 Apr 2020,40 mins

Why I thought my baby had devil’s eyes

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Catherine Cho had a difficult birth with her son Cato, but she was recovering and excited to introduce the new baby to her family back home in the US. She and her husband James were stressed, travelling with a two-month-old child, and she was exhausted. Her family and friends were full of warnings about the dangers of parenting, but none could have predicted the terrifying things she started to experience. She believed she was trapped in the circles of hell and saw horrible things which weren’t there. Catherine was experiencing post-partum psychosis. She’s written a book about her journey back to reality and learning to love her son again, which is called Inferno: A Memoir. Peter Wohlleben is a tree expert with an affinity for forests. He’s the best selling author of The Hidden Life of Trees which detailed his research about the social lives of trees and how they communicate through a network of fungus. Picture: Catherine Cho Credit: Alastair Levy

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