Overview
- Inez Bjørg David disclosed in an Instagram post Thursday that she suffered a severe postnatal (postpartum) depression about two years earlier and now speaks openly to raise awareness.
- She wrote that at her worst she "wanted it to stop" and believed people in her life would be better off if she were dead, describing active suicidal thinking during the episode.
- David listed internal symptoms that can be hard to spot, including brain fog, poor sleep, persistent low mood and 'darker thoughts,' and said the illness can develop slowly rather than immediately after birth.
- She issued a direct appeal that family, friends and professionals stop minimizing mothers' complaints and learn to listen and offer practical and emotional support.
- The 44-year-old actress, known for Verbotene Liebe and Sturm der Liebe and part of a large patchwork family, hopes her testimony will reduce stigma and spur more public and clinical attention to gaps in maternal mental-health care.