In a 2016 Vanity Fair cover story, the singer opened up about her experience with postpartum depression. "I was obsessed with my child. I felt very inadequate; I felt like I'd made the worst decision of my life," she said. "I had really bad postpartum depression after I had my son, and it frightened me. I didn't talk to anyone about it. I was very reluctant." Since then, she's learned to lean on her friends.
In 2018, she used her social media platform to spread awareness of postpartum psychosis, the most severe postpartum psychiatric disorder, after her best friend went through it. "This is my best friend. We have been friends for more of our lives than we haven't," Adele wrote. "She had my beautiful godson six months ago and it was the biggest challenge of her life in more ways than one. She has written the most intimate, witty, heartbreaking, and articulate piece about her experience of becoming a new mum and being diagnosed with postpartum psychosis. Mamas, talk about how you're feeling because in some cases it could save yours or someone else's life."
