Post by dowcat on Mar 6, 2023 23:44:09 GMT
On finding herself in a vicious cycle, alternating between opioids and alcohol, to cope with postpartum depression: “I should have gone on antidepressants [to cope with the postpartum depression], but you have to find the right one that works for you. They don’t mix well with alcohol, and I wasn’t ready to stop drinking.”
On how her storyline in Nashville was an example of art imitating her life, a cruel twist of fate: “They wrote my character as having postpartum depression. They wrote that she abandoned her child and went to a different country. And it was very difficult to go on-set and to act out these feelings about these things that I was truly going through in my real life.”
On how her physical health caved after leaving the industry and the public eye: “I struggled with sleep deprivation. Sleep is massive. It affects your motor skills, your ability to think, and your overall health. My body was like, ‘enough.’ I hit 30. My face was swollen. I had jaundice. My eyes were yellow. I had to go to a liver specialist. I was holding on to weight that wasn’t normally there. My hair was thin and coming out in clumps.”
On returning to treatment in 2021, enrolling in a 12-step program and trauma therapy: “I did a lot of work on myself. After eight months of intensive therapy, I felt like I had this blank canvas to work with.”
On reclaiming herself after childbirth and why she decided to get a breast reduction in 2022: “My body still didn’t feel like it belonged to me. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with somebody who wants to tweak something if it makes them feel more confident. That’s all I have to say about it. My confidence is back.”
On learning to connect with herself emotionally and view her journey with compassion: “A big part of my therapy has been living in forgiveness. A step in the 12-step program is making amends. If somebody wants to be a good person and to be the best version of themselves, they can choose to do that.”
On her return to acting for Scream VI, and what she has in common with her character, Kirby: They’re both survivors: “In therapy, I kept wanting to go back to the beginning of the period of time where I was really happy and healthy…. We saw Kirby get stabbed, but we never saw her die. We didn’t see her rescued either. She has that human trauma, and it’s changed her. That’s something I can obviously relate to.”
