Sharna Burgess feared 'heading into postpartum depression'
Sharna Burgess has admitted to being worried about "heading into postpartum depression".
Sharna Burgess recently feared she was "heading into postpartum depression".
The 37-year-old dancer took to social media earlier this month to reveal that she'd battled "intrusive mom thoughts" after giving birth to her five-month-old son Zane, and Sharna has now explained her motivation for writing the candid post.
She said: "I felt called to share that because I went through the experience of thinking, 'Is it just me? Is it just me that has these [thoughts?] Is there something wrong with my brain? Am I heading into postpartum depression?'
"I would ask, 'Is this normal?' and I did get assured by my family, by [Brian] that these sort of thoughts are normal."
Sharna also revealed that her "dark thoughts" involved her partner Brian Austin Green and her mom.
She told 'Entertainment Tonight': "I got to a point where I was having thoughts of Brian not making it home from work or my mom not making it back to her house from leaving our house. And I had one panic attack and that's when I went, 'I absolutely need to see someone about this because it's escalating."
Sharna recently confessed to struggling with self-doubts after becoming a mom for the first time.
The dancer - who started dating Brian in 2020 - wrote on Instagram: "Intrusive mom thoughts … This is a real thing. Honestly I thought it was something wrong with my brain at first. These super dark thoughts of all the things that could go wrong. All the ways I or life could accidentally hurt my baby. Falling down stairs holding him, sickness, a car accident … the list is long but I won’t share it. If you know you know. (sic)"
