The Oprah Winfrey Show

Exclusive: Brooke Shields's Struggle for Sanity


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For the first time, Brooke Shields reveals her real-life nightmare. The mental collapse…the misery…the despair…the unthinkable. The chilling secret she hasn't shared until now.



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Postpartum Depression
Brooke shares her chilling secret about the crippling emotional illness she battled after her daughter's birth.


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Original Air Date: May 4, 2005

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