Brooke Shields Struggle For Sanity

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Society & Culture

4.4 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 18 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

From May 4, 2005: Actress Brooke Shields, author of Down Came The Rain, reveals for the first time her real-life nightmare and battle with postpartum depression. Brooke describes the resulting mental collapse after she gave birth to her daughter Rowan, and talks about using medication to treat her depression.

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0:00.0	Through 25 seasons, 4,561 episodes, I believe the Open Winfrey Show was one of the greatest classrooms in the world.
0:10.0	I really never thought of it that way.
0:12.0	The AHA moments, the breakthroughs, the connections, the occasional ugly cry.
0:18.0	I'm missing so terribly, I'm missing every single minute.
0:22.0	The LOLs, the moments that matter, the eye-opening white lessons.
0:28.0	Never allow them to take to somewhere else.
0:31.0	I'm bringing them back!
0:33.0	It's time to open the vault.
0:35.0	I've personally chosen these classic episodes to share with you again.
0:40.0	Every single person you ever will meet shares that common desire.
0:45.0	They want to know.
0:46.0	Do you see me?
0:48.0	Do you hear me?
0:49.0	Does what I say mean anything to you?
0:52.0	You are listening to the Open Winfrey Show, the podcast.
0:59.0	Ready music.
1:01.0	Three, two, one.
1:04.0	When did you first sense that something was wrong?
1:07.0	Brooksheel's real-life nightmare.
1:09.0	You didn't want to pick up the baby.
1:11.0	You didn't want to go near the baby.
1:12.0	I was terrified to be alone with her.
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