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No one was more shocked than Bryce Dallas Howard herself when she discovered she was battling postpartum depression following the birth of her first child in 2007. “It’s brutal. I’m a total optimist and it was shocking to face that; I didn’t expect that at all,” the actress opened up during a recent appearance on The View.
“At first I called it postpartum denial because you’re like, ‘I just feel like a zombie,’ and then it gets worse and worse.”
However, having recently signed on to film The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond, Bryce’s dose of therapy came in an unusual form.
“I felt really lucky to do this film because this is a character that’s really struggling. She doesn’t feel like herself at all and feels suffocated by the world around her,” she explains. “And for the period of time I felt like I could hold on to that.”
According to Bryce, stepping into the role provided her with the prime opportunity to confront her depression.
“Everything I was feeling, I could at least explore it in a character.”
In addition to using acting as an outlet, Bryce admits much of her recovery was due to her close circle of friends and family. “I felt really, really fortunate because I had an incredible support group around me – a lot of women don’t,” she says, adding that their positive encouragement made “all the difference in the world.”
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