Fresh Meat Star Kimberley Nixon Reveals She Suffered From Severe Postpartum Depression

Fresh Meat actress Kimberley Nixon has shared her honest experience of postpartum depression.

The 37-year-old Cranford star has opened up about the challenges she faced while suffering from her mental health when she gave birth to her son Theodore, whom she shares with husband Cai Howells.

Posting a tearful photo of herself on Monday, Kimberley explained that the photo was taken two years ago, three months after she gave birth.

She said she now wants to raise awareness about the condition, stating: “I won’t shut up until things change.”

Kimberley explained in the caption: ‘This photo was taken two years ago almost back in the day. They had forced me to take a shower. I couldn’t stop crying.

Mum: The Cranford star, 37, has opened up about the challenges she faced while suffering from her mental health when she gave birth to her son Theodore, whom she shares with husband Cai Howells

Tricky: Posting a photo of herself crying on Monday, Kimberley explained that the photo was taken two years ago, three months after she gave birth.

‘My baby was three months old. He didn’t understand what was happening to me.

‘I thought I had lost my mind/myself/my life and I didn’t know WHY?!

“I think I took this photo in a moment of hope that in a few weeks I would be ‘normal’ again and this would be a fun memory.” Remember those crazy baby blues?

It wasn’t baby blues. It was a severe postnatal mental health condition.

‘Two years later, I am a different person. I have learned a lot. I have come to understand a lot.

‘But I’m still so angry because when I needed help, I begged for help, it wasn’t there.

‘They made me feel more isolated and ‘other’ than I already did and that sent me on a downward spiral because it reinforced my thinking that I was beyond help.

Campaign: Said she now wants to raise awareness about the condition, saying, “I won’t shut up until things change.”

Journey: Kimberley explained in the caption: ‘This photo was taken two years ago almost back in the day. They had forced me to take a shower. I couldn’t stop crying

Opening: She said: ‘My baby was three months old. She didn’t understand what was happening to me. ‘I thought she had lost my mind/myself/my life and I didn’t know WHY?!

Mental health: The star has also opened up about her struggles with perinatal OCD

It was not. I had a highly treatable and understandable condition as a reaction to my traumatic birth during the pandemic, but no one told me.

And I won’t shut up until things change.

‘You’re not broken, you’re not a bad mother, you’re not beyond help, you just don’t have the right information yet.

“I’m also mad that when you’re looking for a postnatal hashtag, it’s all about getting as skinny as possible as soon as possible.”

The star has also opened up about her struggles with perinatal OCD.

Perinatal OCD is when people experience OCD during pregnancy or in the first year after delivery.

He said that ‘OCD isn’t just about cleanliness and germs. It can be any intrusive and taboo thought that repeats itself in your mind and torments you to the limit. It is mental torture and unbearable to live with her.

Fans praised the star and thanked him for raising awareness about the condition.

Kimberly rose to fame on Channel 4’s Fresh Meat, where she played dental student Josie, who shadowed a group of university students in Manchester.

Difficult: Perinatal OCD is when people experience OCD during pregnancy or in the first year after giving birth (pictured with husband Cai)

Helping Others: Fans praised the star and thanked her for raising awareness about the condition.

He acted alongside Jack Whitehall, Zawe Ashton, Greg McHugh, Joe Thomas, and Charlotte Ritchie.

The much-loved show aired from 2011 to 2016 and had four hit series.

She then went on to be cast in Cranford as Sophy Hutton.

The BBC series followed the people of Cranford, a small Cheshire town at the cusp of change in the 1840s.