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Posted in Depression, Gwyneth Paltrow, Health, Mental Health
14 Responses to “Gwyneth says she battled post-partum depression due to lack of acupuncture”
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Maybe that’s the reason post-partum depression exists at all…our collective lack of acupuncture! After all, extreme sleep deprivation, rapid and profound endocrinological variations, and the gravity of another’s life depending on your every decision probably has nothing to do with it. I’ll get my sewing kit!
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My comment above was quite snarky. I’ve dealt with severe post-partum depression twice, and the pain was so severe that it is hard for me to believe acupuncture would have helped. In fairness, I never tried it, so I should have not commented on it. I got the same feeling when Tom Cruise went on his vitamin tirade, but acupuncture’s history is certainly not even comparable. Vitamins and acupuncture may both very well help, but I can tell you that temporarily being on medication saved my life, and I would therefore recommend anyone suffering to see their doctor. I hope I didn’t offend anyone, sorry for the knee-jerk comment!
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I’m sure that’s not what she meant, Acupuncture is medicinal– just because you don’t take pills, doesn’t mean it’s not valid. Chinese medicine is about the body as a whole, emotional effects the physical and visa versa, or yin and yang. It’s all about balance, so her having those feeling isn’t her being vain and too self-involved, it’s her being able to tune into an imbalance in her body on another level.
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I could care less about this bimbo actress except for the fact that her comments may help others.
Does she still have that bizarre British accent?
And what did she name her kids? “Apple” and “Moses” ?
She is weird !
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Apple & Moses are some of the least wierd celeb babiies names out there…
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On the surface it sounds incredibly self-indulgent, but I think it’s entirely understandable that being so far out of your usual routine could compound all of the other changes and manifestations of the problem.
I think GP is a self-involved twit generally, but I think this really is a case where she’s just not expressing herself in a way that most people can relate to, even though the issue she’s talking about is actually quite common.
I can also see how knowing what PPD is, and knowing what it feels like, would be two very different things.
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does anyone besides me just wish Gwynnie would stop talking?
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She can go back to pretending to be British now…
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Now it’s post partum depression???! This girl has ALWAYS been depressed ever since she entered the media spotlight. Always moping and complaining and whining about SOMETHING! Give me a BREAK Gwyneth. Be happy for what you have! She’ll be depressed and complaining about something else soon.. believe it!
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She is so stuck up I can’t muster any feeling for her and her woe.. read portions of Brookes PPD experience in her book All her life Brook Shield had been cater too said yes too basically people wiped her ass for her and having her baby really did a number on her head she tells this about being a new mom ” there was no script for it how was I suppose to do?”
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Acupuncture works and it has a history going back thousands of years. Its more valid, IMO, than western medicine.
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I agree Cindy. I don’t know how the hell it works, but out of desperation I tried it and the results I got were so great and so quick I use it regularly. I’m skeptical about things, but I gotta say acupuncture works for me. A lot of moms wouldn’t necessarily have time or money for it. Sessions last about an hour and cost almost $100, at least where I live.
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I can not stand this woman. Tired of her pseudo-intellectual gibberish.
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Those crazy shoes are by Givenchy. I’ve seen crazier though…
I’ve noticed that more and more women realize that they’ve suffered from post-partum depression and although there has been a lot of media attention, I’m not sure that the medical teams are ready to treat it.
This does not mean I am blaming them (it takes time and a lot of interaction, verbal mainly to become aware of it) at all!
Pregnancy and motherhood are mentally and physically very, very challenging. If women who are wealthy and have a nanny (or several nannies) suffer from such a condition, I cannot imagine how difficult it can be a for a mother who has to deal with her other children all by herself (with or without help from the father, the family), try to make sure the household keeps running well and get back in shape somehow.
Thumbs up for all the mothers!
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