Reese Witherspoon reveals her battles with severe postnatal depression

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Reese Witherspoon has opened up about her struggle with postpartum depression and how it left her ‘unable to think straight.’ The Legally Blonde actress revealed that she developed the disorder after the birth of her first daughter Ava, 20, but had very different experiences on each of her children.

Speaking on Jameela Jamil’s podcast I Weigh, Reese revealed all about her struggles with her mental health over the years, saying that her difficulties went as far back to when she was only 16. ‘I definitely had anxiety, my anxiety manifests as depression so I would get really depressed,’ the Big Little Lies star said. ‘My brain is like a hamster on a wheel and it won’t come off, I’ve been managing it my entire life.’ But it was when she had her