She’s been open about struggling.
Hayden Panettiere has entered a treatment centre for post-partum depression.
The Nashville actress, 26, gave birth to her daughter with boxer Wladimir Klitschko, named Kaya Evodokia, in December last year.
A representative for Panettiere told People that she is “voluntarily seeking professional help at a treatment centre as she is currently battling postpartum depression. She asks that the media respect her privacy during this time.”
Panettiere’s Nashville character Juliette Barnes has also suffered post partum depression, and she’s spoken about the parallels between their experiences.
“It’s something a lot of women experience. When [you’re told] about postpartum depression you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child, I want to injure or hurt my child’ — I’ve never, ever had those feelings. Some women do,” she said on Live! with Kelly and Michael last month. “But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on. It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.
“There’s a lot of misunderstanding — there’s a lot of people out there that think that it’s not real, that it’s not true, that it’s something that’s made up in their minds, that ‘Oh, it’s hormones.’ They brush it off. It’s something that’s completely uncontrollable. It’s really painful and it’s really scary and women need a lot of support.”
Panettiere posted a picture to Twitter on Saturday, captioning it “finally coming back in to my own body”.
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Congratulations to Hayden for speaking out and helping remove the stigma of postpartum depression!! It takes courage to admit something like this to yourself, that you need help, and even more to tell the world about it. It took me over 6 months to see it for myself and my husband had already noticed but gave me some time to come to terms with it myself. Since then I have been on a rollercoaster of anxiety and depression that most of my friends have no idea about. If I was brave enough I might tell them and get support but I am seeking professional help and I believe that we shouldn't be afraid or shamed because of this. My issues span a little deeper than this and I realize I am not yet able to practice what I preach but maybe soon I will be able to .. once more people see that this is not something to shame someone about but something that we need to find a way to help that person and lift them up, be there for them as they struggle with something that is VERY really. I never thought I would suffer this ... until you're in it you just never can tell.