Battles are a cake walk for “Game of Thrones” character Cersei Lannister, but the actress who portrays her — Lena Headey — reveals that not all battles in her life are easily won, including her fight to overcome postpartum depression. Headey spoke with co-star Maisie Williams (who was also the interviewer) for Net-A-Porter’s The Edit about her postpartum depression, which she refers to it in the English wording, postnatal.
The “Game of Thrones” developed postpartum depression following the birth of her son, Wylie. The American Psychological Association verifies that postpartum is very common for pregnant women to experience, claiming 1 in 7 women will likely encounter it.
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When asked what was it was like doing traumatic scenes while having issues in her personal life, Headey responded: “Really horrendous – I was postnatally depressed but I didn’t know it. I saw a doctor for the medical check, and I just burst into tears.
She said I was postnatally depressed and I went, “Am I? Why is that?” I saw a great guy and he sorted me out, but I did the first year [on Game of Thrones] in that space, figuring out motherhood and going through a weird time personally. It was tricky.”Williams also asked her about whether her “GOT” character affected the way she raised her children, to which Headey shares that she believes that her parenting style is “very different” from Cersei’s.
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