Actress Christina Applegate, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, is currently suffering from severe depression.
Actress Christina Applegate (52) speaks openly and honestly about her mental health in the latest episode, which she hosts together with Jamie-Lynn Sigler (42). Due to her multiple sclerosis, the actress is currently suffering from severe depression, “which also scares me a little bit.”
It feels “really fatalistic,” “like it’s all over,” Applegate explains. She is “trapped in this darkness that I probably haven’t felt in over 20 years.”
Christina Applegate: “I’m not enjoying life”
In her podcast, she also talks about her surprise appearance as presenter at the Primetime Emmy Awards with her boyfriend Anthony Anderson (53) in January, which she had to complete with a walking stick. It was “the hardest day” of her life, and she slept for “two days” afterward.
“I’ll be honest… I don’t enjoy life. I don’t enjoy things anymore,” she continues. Because of her depression, the actress has now made an appointment with a therapist, “which was a big deal for me.”
Severe consequences of MS disease
Christina Applegate made her illness public in 2021, having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis just a few months earlier. In her podcast “MeSsy” she has since spoken brutally honestly about the consequences of the neurological autoimmune disease and the new challenges in her everyday life. Among other things, the actress, who became famous as Kelly Bundy in the series “Married with Children”, now has to wear diapers, is dependent on walking sticks and sometimes cannot shower for weeks. In addition, she often has severe pain in various parts of her body, which severely limits her.
Help for depression is available from the telephone counseling service on the free number: 0800/111 0 111.
Source: Stern
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