"I felt like a zombie. I couldn't access my heart. I couldn't access my emotions. I couldn't connect," kata ibu berusia 38 tahun ini.
"It was terrible, it was the exact opposite of what had happened when Apple (red: anak pertamanya) was born. With her, I was on cloud nine. I couldn't believe it wasn't the same. I just thought it meant I was a terrible mother and a terrible person."
Suami
Paltrow,
Chris Martin, sang vokalis band
Coldplay-lah yang pertama kali menyadari bahwa Paltrow mungkin mengalami postpartum depression.
"About four months into it,
Chris came to me and said, 'Something's wrong. Something's wrong,' " kata
Paltrow. "I kept saying, 'No, no, I'm fine.' But
Chris identified it, and that sort of burst the bubble."
Paltrow mengatakan bahwa hal yang terberat adalah bagaimana dia mengakui masalah ini. "I thought
postpartum depression meant you were sobbing every single day and incapable of looking after a child," jelasnya.
"But there are different shades of it and depths of it, which is why I think it's so important for women to talk about it. It was a trying time. I felt like a failure."
Namun, akhirnya
Paltrow berhasil melewati masa-masa suram tersebut ditemani oleh suaminya. Dan kini dia telah memperoleh kembali semangat untuk film berikutnya, yaitu sebuah film musikal berjudul
Country Strong. Untuk film ini, dia pun sempat belajar gitar dari suaminya.
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