This paper looks at the intersection between motherhood and online illness narratives, examining ways in which women conceptualise their maternal bodies context of postnatal depression. Specifically, we examine how discourses distress are positioned relation to societal norms expectations, othering ‘imbalanced’ body. To do so, apply corpus assisted discourse analysis posts made Mumsnet Talk for...

social interaction requires the ability to understand people’s mental states (their intentions, desires and believes). the ability for attributing mental states is called “theory of mind.” theory of mind leads the person to explain and predict behavior. researchers showed a great interest in the relation of language and mind/language and thought. some researchers focused on methodological conce...