In her new memoir, 'This Is Me: A Reckoning,' out now, Hayden Panettiere discusses her life as a child actor, and how it set the stage for an adulthood of trauma. “Directors, fans, and Mom praised me endlessly for my over-the-top dramatic responses. Subconsciously, I began to associate catastrophe with adoration; people loved me because make-believe bad things happened to me,” she writes. “I’ve voted wondered whether — unintentionally— I’ve brought on my traumas because I’m wired to think they’re good for me.” Panettiere’s biggest struggles came battling postpartum depression, a time in which she self-medicated with alcohol. She eventually gave up custody of her child in order to better pursue recovery.
Find the biggest revelations from Panettiere’s harrowing tell-all:
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