In fact,BuzzFeed Newseven argued that she saved the long-running reality show from becoming a total write-off.

“Right now, in my life, I’m really very free.

I’m not self-conscious, I’ll do anything.

Lisa Rinna poses on the red carpet

I do things on the show that I would never do in real life.”

“I had visions of knives and guns,” the"Days of Our Lives" starrevealed.

Thankfully, the “Real Housewives” star got the help she needed to work through it.

Lisa Rinna poses with husband Harry Hamlin on the red carpet

He was distraught, unsure what triggered her behavior.

“I was so hopeless and felt so lost,” Rinna explained.

“Ten months later, [I] opened up to him and told him how worthless I felt.

Lisa Rinna poses with Delilah Belle and Amelia Gray Hamlin

My self-esteem was gone.

I didn’t want to have sex.”

“I suffered silently and I don’t want any woman to ever have to do that again.

You have to talk about it,” Rinna said (viaYouTube).

However, “We all know it takes time to lose the weight,” she added.

“You don’t feel good about yourself when you’re heavy.

She also took medication to combat the after-effects, once her second child was born.

“It saved my life,” Rinna admitted.

“Because this second time [postpartum depression] felt even stronger.”

As Rinna asserted, “[Postpartum depression] is still so hush-hush.

There’s such a stigma behind it … And I say, ‘Why?’

Let’s bust it out.

Let’s make it real and talk about it.”