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" Ten days before I started my job at ABC News, I checked myself into a mental health hospital. "
Ginger Zee
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Mental Health
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" Every woman who has been pregnant knows that it messes with your mind a little bit. You are suddenly someone else: you are a mother who is now responsible for another human being. That's awesome, but it changes who you are. "
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