Rubina Dilaik says postpartum phase was harder than depression: ‘You don’t like yourself, don’t want to step out’

Television actor Rubina Dilaik embraced parenthood in 2023 when she and her husband, Abhinav Shukla, welcomed their twin daughters, Jeeva and Edhaa. The actor is now set to participate once again in Rohit Shetty’s reality show Khatron Ke Khiladi 15, and ahead of that, she opened up about the hard-hitting postpartum phase she experienced after becoming a mother.

Rubina added that she has experienced both depression and postpartum, and said the latter is not something people should casually throw around as a term. She further stated that anyone who dismisses a woman speaking about postpartum has probably never been part of such a journey themselves.

“I understand what life looks like when you are deep down in the darkest phase of your life. You don’t like yourself, and you don’t want to step out and socialise. The hormones are at their worst and at their lowest level. You just don’t want to wake up in the morning. That is what postpartum is,” she said.

Rubina further shared that if a woman does not receive support during this phase, she is often labelled as “pagal (mad)” or “too much”. The actor revealed that things would have been very different for her if Abhinav had not supported her throughout the journey.