Nashville star Hayden Panettiere is opening up about all the support she received after she went public with her postpartum depression battle and sought treatment.
The actress said she was worried what people would think of her and was “floored” by how accepting everyone was.
"I was always so terrified that people weren't going to accept me," Panettiere told Yahoo! Style. "I finally just went, 'I'm tired of living afraid. I'm tired of living in fear of what people are going to think, so you know, I'm just going to put it all out there on the table and I'm not going to worry about the judgment.'
"The more open I was, the more acceptance I got from people," she added. "I got so much support and so much love. I was floored. I feel much more exposed, yes, but in a great way."
Since getting treatment, Panettiere has been all smiles in public and shared some pics over the weekend of a day at the beach with her fiancé, Wladimir Klitschko, and their daughter, Kaya.