"I just thought every time he was sleeping he was dead,"
"I thought he cried because he didn't like his life, or me, or his family. I thought I was doing everything wrong, and that I would ruin my children."
"You're doing the most amazing thing for your baby, You're such a loving mother."
"The truth is extreme anxiety, and extreme depression, is isolating no matter where you are. You feel like an alien,"
Jennifer Lawrence experienced postpartum anxiety after the birth of her second child, fearing her baby was dead while sleeping and believing she would ruin her children. She has two sons with her husband, Cooke Maroney, the first born in 2022 and the second earlier this year. She encountered intense emotional distress, including crying while seeking breastfeeding advice from ChatGPT and questioning whether compliments felt genuine. Her second postpartum period felt worse than her first, and she described extreme anxiety and depression as isolating. She took the FDA-approved oral medication Zurzuvae, which eased her symptoms.
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