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WWE’sBecky Lynchis opening up for the first time about her experience with postpartum depression and how she’s coped in recent months after she experienced it around WrestleMania 39 this past April.
In an exclusive clip shared with PEOPLE,the six-time WWE women’s world championtells Corey Graves and Kevin Patrick on an upcoming episode of theAfter the Bellpodcast that she initially thought she escaped postpartum depression in the years afterher daughter Roux was bornin December 2020.But Lynch, 36, says around the time of her WrestleMania match in April, she realized she was “on edge” and had been experiencing post-weaning depression since Roux stopped breastfeeding.
“And then it kind of got really, really dark for a few months and I was in a really bad spot,” Lynch says, choking up at points during the interview, which is set to be released later Friday morning.
“I didn’t know you could get post-weaning depression,” Lynch says. “So, not even knowing that that was a thing I think also hurt me because, why am I feeling like this? Why am I acting like this? And [I was] not realizing that this is actually a common thing that happens and there are ways you can treat it. And once you figure out the cause of all of that, then you’re off to the races and then you’re back and then you can appreciate everything. But yeah, for a few months there, it was rough.”
Lynch says another mother in WWE recognized what she was going through and pulled her aside to help. “Thankfully, somebody that we all know — I won’t put her on the spot — she told me what was happening because it had happened to her,” Lynch says. “She gave me some tips, and I kind of kept thinking it was gonna pass, ‘it was gonna pass, it was gonna pass,’ and then it really wasn’t passing.”
Becky Lynch and Seth Rollins.Allen Berezovsky/Getty
Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Soon after WrestleMania, Lynch injured her foot and needed four weeks off television to recover.
“It was such a blessing,” she says. “I really had to face everything that I was going through because when you go, go, go, you can be so distracted but you realize that you’re getting quite explosive, that you just kind of get on with it. So, I really had to face it and learn how to deal with it.”Lynch says she tried meditation, supplements, and finally acupuncture before she was able to find what worked for her. She returned to WWE television in late May and has since continued touring with the professional wrestling promotion.
Becky Lynch.Kevin Mazur/Getty
The WWE star said she was “nervous” but “so excited” to become a mother. “Now you have this whole other person that you have to look after and grow, and make sure that you’redoing everything that you possibly canto make sure that they are the healthiest and the safest that they can be,” Lynch said. “But we’re just so, so excited.”
source: people.com
