After candidly discussed her struggles with depression caused by her multiple sclerosis diagnosis and stated “I don’t enjoy living,” the actress is addressing the concern that arose from it. In an episode of her podcast released earlier this month, Applegate told co-host Jamie-Lynn Sigler that, at the moment, she was “in a depression.” “A real, fuck-it-all depression — like, a real depression, where it’s kind of scaring me too a little bit because it feels really fatalistic, it feels really ‘end of,’” she continued.
“I don’t mean that, but I’m trapped in this darkness right now that I haven’t felt in probably 20-something years. . I don’t enjoy it.
I don’t enjoy things anymore.” But in a released Tuesday, the actress clarified her comments. At the start of the episode, Applegate told Sigler, “Ask me how I am, Jamie.
Oh my god, you guys, I’m so good. Isn’t that what everyone wants to hear? I’m good. Does that take a little bit of the pressure off of all of you? I’m good.
” She later explained, “I was talking about some dark stuff that I was thinking and feeling. ..
. This is our safe place to get things out because I feel like when we hold things in we give them power.” She added that she believes “there’s so much shame a lot of people feel when they’re going through mental health issues.
It’s not mental issues. It’s not a problem. It’s a moment.
It’s a thought. It’s a feeling. And when people hold those in beca.
