Carey Mulligan reveals postpartum depression left her feeling ‘so lonely and scared’

Carey Mulligan reveals she’s one of millions of women experiencing postpartum depression.

in an interview with people, the “She Said” star opened up about being thrown for a loop after the birth of her first child. She shares with Marcus Mumford of Mumford & Sons.

In the new film, Mulligan will play investigative journalist Megan Twohy. Megan Twohy ignited reckoning in Hollywood with her Harvey Weinstein investigation. At one point in the film, the character is on maternity leave and is depicted grappling with postpartum depression, and Mulligan admitted she could definitely relate.

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“One of the parts of the script that hit me the most initially was Megan’s experience with postpartum depression,” Mulligan shared. I was very lonely, very scared and very confused by the whole experience.

According to Mulligan, “It was really about getting back to work in some way”—in her case, the 2015 film Suffragette—”that made me feel like myself again with the incredible support around me.” It was the one that set me on the path to find myself.”

Ultimately, she hopes her character’s struggles in “She Said” and her own personal revelations will help other women who find themselves experiencing postpartum depression. is.

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“I felt completely alone when this happened to me,” she said. and many of my friends have experienced it, and we all feel terrified as if we were the only ones who have ever experienced it.