On wanting to be well liked: "I'm extremely codependent. I shatter a little bit when I think people don't like me. That's part of why I lead with kindness and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time because it really hurts my feelings when I k**w I'm **t liked. And I k**w that's **t very healthy and I fight it all the time."
On when she first started struggling with her personal issues: "I also struggled a lot with anxiety and depression. . . . My mom sat me down when I was probably 18 and she said, 'There is a serotonin imbalance in our family line and it can often be passed from female to female.'"
On getting help for herself: "[My mom's] a nurse and she had the wherewithal to recognize that in herself when she was feeling it and when I was 18 said, 'If you start to feel like you are twisting things around you, and you feel like there is ** sunlight around you, and you are paralyzed with fear, this is what it is and here's how you can help yourself.'"
On the shame associated with Mental illness: "I have ** shame in that because my mom had said to me, 'If you start to feel this way, talk to your doctor, talk to a psychologist, see how you want to help yourself, and if you do decide to go on a prescription to help yourself, understand that the world wants to shame you for that, but in the medical community, you would never deny a diabetic his insulin.' . . . But for some reason, when someone needs a serotonin inhibitor, they're immediately crazy or something."
05-07-2016, 05:01 AM
Kristen Bell Gets Refreshingly Honest About Mental Illness, Anxiety, and Depression
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