Bryce Dallas Howard Says ‘Fighting Depression Is My Identity’s Biggest Challenge’
On Monday, Bryce Dallas Howard shared his thoughts on mental health, writing in part on Instagram, “We’re here FOR obstacles, not to avoid them.”
Bryce Dallas Howard has been open about his mental health.
In a lengthy Instagram post to mark World Mental Health Day on Monday, the Jurassic World Dominion actress said her “battle with depression has been the biggest challenge to my identity.”
“Throughout my life, I have been so focused on blocking out negative thoughts that I have failed to accept or appreciate that these feelings, emotions, and crises are not only unavoidable, but are an integral part of the experience of human existence,” he wrote. part.
Howard, 41, also shared that years ago, when he had his first child, he first realized the importance of not burying his feelings.
(The actress shares son Theodore, 15, and daughter Beatrice, 10, with her husband, Seth Gabel.)
“It was the last day of my first job as a new mom. Still, in the grip of postpartum depression, I sat alone in the car, heading straight for the beautiful sunset we had been waiting for all day,” she wrote. “It was an existential moment, and since no one could hear me, I asked the question aloud: What’s the point of EVERYTHING?!” the battle will take you into the sunset,” Howard wrote. “We are here FOR obstacles, not to avoid them.”
He continues, “I am not the optimist I once imagined. I am, on the contrary, a ball of wonder and awe full of emotion, practicality and possibility, with a tireless ability to find humor and joy in the absurdities of what life creates.”
The Rocketman star has opened up about her struggle with postpartum depression after giving birth to Theo and told news that she has to thank her father, actor and director Ron Howard, for encouraging her to seek help.