Hayden Panettiere appeared on GMA to promote the show
Nashville and discussed her experience with postpartum depression.
When asked how she knew she had PPD:"Took me a while. I mean, the same way I'm sure you did
(referring to interviewer who also went through PPD). It takes you a while and you feel off. You don't feel like yourself. But, you know, women are so resilient, and that's the incredible thing about them. I think I'm all the stronger for it. I think I'm a better mom because of it because you never take that connection for granted."
On whether her own experience with PPD helped her play a character on Nashville who also goes through it:"It absolutely helped me. I think it helped me identify what was going on. And to let women know that it's OK to ask for help and it's OK to have a moment of weakness. It doesn't make you a bad person, doesn't make you a bad mother. It makes you a very strong, resilient woman. You've just got to let it make you stronger."
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