Actress Bryce Dallas Howard has joined other actresses like Gwyneth Paltrow and Brooke Shields and opens up about her post natal depression.

Bryce put on a fake happy face when she gave birth to her son Theodore Norman, now 3 years old. She pretended that everything was fine on the outside but she was suffering on the inside.

The actress reveals that she had planned for a home birth but due to medical complications had to go to the hospital. She says, “Mostly I recall the moment someone handed my son to me, and I heard shouts of joy, and my father crying, “Bryce, you’re an incredible mother!” She adds, “And then… Nothing. I felt nothing… Someone encouraged me to sit up, and slowly, one by one, friends and family visited. Some were crying, others bursting with joy. Glassy-eyed, I politely listened to their impressions of our new son. I had no impression of my own.” (… Read more)

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