Reese Witherspoon Speaks Candidly About Mental Toll Of Abusive Relationship

<div><img src="https://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/68d12c4c1400005eac5c5a5c.jpeg?cache=ufQvztJtpd&ops=crop_0_370_2852_2050%2Cscalefit_630_noupscale" alt="Reese Witherspoon" data-caption="Reese Witherspoon" data-credit-link-back="" data-credit="via Associated Press" />Reese Witherspoon</div><div class="content-list-component text"><p><span style="font-weight:400"><a href="news/reese-witherspoon/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Reese Witherspoon</a> has reflected on the impact a past abusive relationship had on her in her younger years.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The Oscar winner recently made an appearance on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbZbIzW2w7E" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">the New York Times’ podcast The Interview</a>, where she spoke about how one of her earlier relationships left her feeling like she needed to “rewire” her brain once she got out of it.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“</span><span style="font-weight:400">I wasn’t emotionally mature when I was young, and you get into relationships that don’t work for you and sometimes you don’t even see the dynamics that are happening,” Reese explained.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">“When I got out of that, it took me a while to reconstitute myself. My spirit had been diminished because I thought all those awful things that person said about me were true. I had to rewire my brain.”</span></p><p><span style="font-weight:400">The star of <a href="news/the-morning-show/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Morning Show</a> added: “I was real