by Sara McGinnis posted in Celebrities

Hayden Panettiere is in the unique position of not just having gone through postpartum depression as a first-time mom, she also plays someone suffering through it on TV.
The 26-year-old actress, who is mom to 15-month-old daughter Kaya Evdokia, has opened up about what spurred her to go public with her PPD experience and more.
"I was always so terrified that people weren?t going to accept me," the Nashville star recently told Yahoo! Style, referring to her state of mind before going public. "I finally just went, 'I?m tired of living afraid. I?m tired of living in fear of what people are going to think, so, you know, I?m just going to put it all out there on the table and I?m not going to worry about the judgment.'" We're pleased to say Hayden was "floored" by the outpouring of support she received. She explained, "The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people. I got so much support and so much love."

I can't explain how happy it makes me to hear Hayden Panettiere was supported, as over the past few years I've seen women near and far work to raise awareness of and acceptance of talking openly about PPD. Unfortunately though, there are some out there who still don't think of it as real.
To those people this new mom says:
"It?s like you have no idea what you?re talking about. If you think for one second that a mother wants to feel that way toward her child, you?re outta your min...