Reese Witherspoon has detailed her difficult battle with postpartum depression. The Big Little Lies star, 44, shares children Ava, 20, and Deacon, 16, with ex Ryan Phillipe and seven-year-old Tennessee with husband Jim Toth.
And she says that she's had very different experiences after each birth. Speaking on Jameela Jamil's podcast I Weigh, the actress opened up about her battles with mental health over the years, admitting she first had therapy at the age of 16.
Reese said: "I definitely had anxiety, my anxiety manifests as depression so I would get really depressed. "My brain is like a hamster on a wheel and it won’t come off, I've been managing it my entire life." She says her mental health really began to spiral after she welcomed her