Actress Michelle Doherty has revealed she suffered from post-natal depression after having her son Max.
Living in London at the time she welcomed her newborn, the former Xposé presenter believed her PND was spurred on due to being away from her friends and family in Donegal.
“It didn’t happen to me until about eight months. But I thought it was because I was lonely and I didn’t have my support network,” she said.
PND: Michelle revealed she suffered from post natal depression | Naoise Culhane Photography
“All I did was cry. I just couldn’t get my head around anything.”
Speaking to the Sunday Independent, the brunette beauty admitted it was an extremely difficult time.
“I don’t know this. I don’t know how to deal with this because it’s not me. I kept thinking to myself, I’ve got an amazing partner. I’ve got an amazing, healthy baby boy,” she divulged.
“What more do you want? What’s wrong with you? And you’re giving out to yourself saying, ‘cop on’, but it’s out of your control.
Difficult: Michelle admitted it was difficult to cope with her PND | Naoise Culhane Photography
“There is nothing you can do to stop how you feel. I was trying to be really strong for Max on a daily basis when Mark was at work,” she added.
“I want him to think life is great, everything is great. I always make a conscious decision, no matter what’s happening, I’ll always have a happy head on around him.
“It was just this constant battle you think, ‘Oh my God, is every day going to be like this? Am I always going to feel like this? Am I ever going to be able to shake it off?’ That’s the scary thing about it,” she explained.
Suffering from PND has made the TV star think about the bigger issues and has given her a new perspective on life.
