Overview
- In a newly published Harper’s Bazaar cover interview tied to her upcoming Cultural Icon honor, Witherspoon reflects on mental health across her life and career.
- She recounts severe postnatal depression after giving birth to her daughter at 23, linking it to a sharp hormone drop after delivery and again when she stopped nursing six months later.
- Witherspoon notes she could reach doctors and mental‑health specialists thanks to her connections, emphasizing that many people lack such access and conceal their pain.
- Now in her late 40s, she describes menopause symptoms including brain fog and memory lapses, framing openness about these changes as essential.
- She credits fellow actors Gwyneth Paltrow and Naomi Watts with helping normalize menopause by speaking publicly about their experiences.