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Olivia Munn Battled Postpartum Anxiety for Almost a Year After Son's Birth: 'Tunnel of Darkness' (Exclusive)
"I was not prepared for the kind of postpartum that I had," Olivia Munn tells PEOPLE in this week's cover story. "There would be days where I’d be clenching John’s arm and walking from room to room.”
Postpartum anxiety is a condition marked by severe stress and worry, shortness of breath, heart palpitations and loss of sleep, among other things, that affects up to 21% of women after childbirth. Munn says she did not have any intrusive self-harm thoughts or negative feelings toward her baby but was “in such a tunnel of anxiety and darkness” that she felt incapable of considering medication. Munn is currently in medically induced menopause due to hormone suppression therapy she started in November to mitigate the future risk of cancer.
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