Gwyneth's Confession
Filed under: Gwyneth Paltrow
Good for her!
Gwyneth Paltrow reveals in the May issue of Vogue that she battled post-partum depression after the birth of baby #2, Moses.
"I felt really out of my body. I felt really disconnected. I felt really down … I felt pessimistic,” Paltrow tells the mag.
She also didn't realize that she was suffering from the baby blues ’til after it was over.
Paltrow suspects her depression stemmed from scaling back on her usual pre-baby treatments like acupuncture.
See, mommas out there you aren't alone. It's a good thing that celebs like Gwynbon and Brooke Shields are shining a spotlight on the issue.
Get some help cause you can fight it, too!
In other Gwyneth news, her mom Blythe Danner is speaking out about those rumors claiming Paltrow's 4-year marriage to Coldplay lead man Chris Martin is on the rocks.
Danner says, “Good god, it's just so tragic that people have to make up stuff. I've never seen two happier parents — or people — so I don't get it.”
Don't try and OVERCOMPENSATE, mom. We've definitely seen happier parents!
[Image via Mavrix Online.]
Snoooooooze, who cares.
wow
FIRST!
boring chick
BEEN THERE! NOT EASY!
that's good!
murr
yeah and her son Moses will be battling depression his whole life with a name like that.
First?
FIRST!!!!
She's starting to develop that "just about ready to hit the wall" face.
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Well she hasn't and that's her point, Perez.
37th?
Yes well post-partum is a myth…oh and FIRST!
Love Gwyneth. Good for her!
it important for new mothers to know the symptoms of baby blues cuz they become dangerous
Re: Livefly – You again? please go away
you're full of it perez
Re: NicoDior – myth? obviously you have never had a baby if you think its a myth … the ignorance of some people on this website never ceases to amaze me … especially the guy that thinks we will go to his website if he says something in every post! ya'll friends?
We NEVER see them together.
The happiest celeb parents, IMO, are Kingston's parents!!!
ALL HAIL THE KING!!
Thank you
Put some make up on! Arent you like a spokesmodel for a cosmetice line??? Im sure you've got some free samples lying around somewhere. And as for the depression….bitch i'd be depressed too if I named my first born Apple.
wah!
This site is starting to blow. An image reference link from P's site yesterday took me to http://pacificcoastnewsonline.com/
It's got more Hollywood
Well, the two of them can talk about depression all they want, but most americans don't even have insurance coverage or the ability to PAY for therapy….sooooo….sorry…but americans like myself can relate to the depression but not to the ability to do something about it.
Poor thing at least shes better now!
Her ridiculous center part gives me the blues.
I normally say stupid thing oon this site, but PPD is a serious thing. Many woman will not seek out help for PPD due to social stimgas. Women: if you suffer from PDD, you are not alone!
next please!
Good for her!!! It's about time public figures open up about issues in their life that affect them in the same way they affect us "normal" people. Post-partum depression is no laughing matter, it is a real dissorder that affects many new moms (BTW, HELLO….ARE YOU LISTENING TOM CRUISE!!!??!!??!!)
ha sounds like she hates her kid!
I realized the same thing in hindsight. Fluctuating hormone levels along with expectations contribute to the post-partum business. Time and distance levelled it out for me, but I did the stiff upper lip thing and did not feel a need to medicate at the time; I was too busy, and too tired. If a person gets to a scary point and realizes it, a doctor should be involved right away to help.
She looks like crap in this photo. Why are all these celebs getting post partum depression? It does happen, and is serious, but it isn't THAT common.
"Baby Blues" doesn't = Post Partum depression (which is a clinical diagnoses) "feeling down" isn't depression. "out of touch with your body" isn't depression. She is a self-absorbed nit-wit.
This site is starting to blow. Yesterday P had an image reference link to a site called Pacific Coast News Online com that I checked out. It's got a lot more Hollywood
I hope she continues to stay away from acting. she is just dull on screen and is almost as overrated has her ex boyfriend pockmark pitt.
Re: mega – thank god somebody other than me agrees
Who cares? Lots of women do. Oooooooooh… this scathing secret mustn't get out.
think about how many women have to had post partum depression a long time ago and they were thought to be crazy and locked away. but i still think she is nearing a divorce. just my hunch.
Gwyneth seems like a composed and normal girl, money and privilege aside, and she has opened up here with candor in order for others who read it to perhaps spot themselves and benefit, which is generous. Also, some couples do not hang on each other or live in each other's pockets, and thrive with an independent lifestyle. Some need the other close at all times to feel secure. Both ways are normal if they work for you. I don't see that her Mom is overcompensating here, P., and I agree with her Mom's necessarily cynical but realistic statement. I do admire both Blythe Danner and Gwyneth's professionalism, and also their commitment to putting their families first, as is their personal choice. To choose career over family opens the door to higher divorce rates; it's a personal choice, nevertheless.
I call bullcrap. Postpartum depression is quite real and very, very serious so I don't lay disparagement on the specific affliction at all. But in this case, Gwyneth is just using it as an excuse for all of the hateful, arrogant things she said last year that seriously hurt her image. She thought that all of her fans would applaud her anti-American, anti-everything snotfest and instead, everyone that counted was actually offended and annoyed. She tries so hard to pretend she is above everyone else but the truth is that she is just another spoiled, uneducated, arrogant, poser who thinks she has us all fooled. I can't stand the girl and I will never, ever support her movies again. I haven't seen a Tom Cruise movie in 7 years and I don't miss him at all though before he sold his soul to scientology completely, he was one of my favorite movie makers. If I can go 7 years without seeing a Cruise movie and not even remotely miss it, I can SURE as heck skip Gwyneth's projects without batting an eye. She can shove it as far as I'm concerned.
she looks acustoned to daylight more than ever