Halle Bailey Discusses Her Struggles With Postpartum Depression on Social Media
Actress and singer Halle Bailey recently revealed her struggles with postpartum depression on Snapchat.
“It almost feels like you’re swimming in this ocean that’s the biggest waves you’ve ever felt, and you’re trying not to drown, and you’re trying to come up for air,” she explained. “You have those moments where you come up for air and they’re like the most beautiful things and it’s great. Then, you have those moments where you’re drowning in it. It has nothing to do with my baby, it has everything to do with me and who I am right now.”
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After denying pregnancy rumors, The Color Purple actress announced the birth of her son, Halo, with boyfriend DDG on social media in January. Her Instagram post captioned, “Even though we’re a few days into the new year, the greatest thing that 2023 could have done for me was bring me my son. Welcome to the world, my Halo. The world is desperate to know you.”
In her Snapchat video, the “In Your Hands” singer continued to explain her experience, stating, “I look at him and I cry because of how special he is. The only thing that has been hard for me is feeling normal in my own body. It’s crazy. I feel like a completely different person when I look in the mirror, I just feel like I’m in a whole new body. I don’t know who I am.”
Bailey also admitted that while she has heard women speaking about their experiences with postpartum depression. Until she became a mother is when she started thinking about it.
“I think there’s something to be said about what women go through, especially after having a child and building and creating this beautiful new life and what happens to us and our well-beings right after. I do think that there’s a little bit of a stigma when you hear about postpartum,” the singer explained.
Fans are sending all their love to Bailey as well as other moms experiencing postpartum depression, and they hope it gets better.
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